Title & Author:

Artists' pigments : a handbook of their history and characteristics.

Publication:

Washington : National Gallery of Art, [1986-2007]

Description:

4 volumes : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Notes:
Vol. 2 contains revised, updated versions of articles originally published in Studies in conservation.
Vol. 2-3 distributed: New York : Oxford University Press.
Vol. 4 published in association with Archetype Publications Ltd.
Editors: Robert L. Feller (volume 1); Ashok Roy (voume 2); Elisabeth West FitzHugh (volume 3);Barbara H. Berrie (volume 4)..
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
v. 1. Indian yellow -- Cobalt yellow (aureolin) -- Barium sulfate -- natural and synthetic -- Cadmium yellows, oranges, and reds -- Red lead and minium -- Green earth -- Zinc white -- Chrome yellow and other chromate pigments -- Lead antimonate yellow -- Carmine -- v. 2. Azurite and blue verditer -- Ultramarine blue, natural and artificial -- Lead white -- Lead-tin yellow -- Smalt -- Verdigris and copper resinate -- Vermillion and cinnabar -- Malachite and green verditer -- Calcium carbonate whites -- v. 3. Egyptian blue -- Orpiment and realgar -- Indigo and woad -- Madder and alizarin -- Gamboge -- Vandyke brown -- Cassel earth, Cologne earth -- Prussian blue -- Emerald green and Scheele's green -- Chromium oxide greens -- Chromium oxide and hydrated chromium oxide -- Titanium dioxide whites -- v. 4. Pigments Based on Carbon; Iron Oxide Pigments; Asphalt; Cobalt Blue; Arylide (Hansa) Yellow Pigments."

Summary:

An encyclopedic reference developed in collaboration with the National Gallery of Art, the Artists' Pigments series combines two aspects of the study of pigments--the history of individual pigments and dyes and scientific methods for identifying and characterizing artists' colorants--rarely brought together in one publication.
"A Pigment Handbook is designed to reach a wide audience as the ultimate authority on artists' colorants. With the support of the National Gallery of Art, Professor Robert Feller has edited a collection of essays on ten of the most important pigments for conservators, restorers and art historians. Many of the monographs first appeared in the quarterly of the International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Work. The first two sections describe the character and nomenclature of the pigment and the history of its use. The third deal with colour, permanence, and compatibility and the fourth section enumerates the varieties of the pigment available and explores the different methods of preparation. It also goes into the nature of colorants of natural origin and the potential variations of character dependent on the source. Section five describes methods and procedures to identify pigments and the last section lists principle citations about each particular pigment has been identified in various objects of artistic and historic significance." -- Provided by publisher.

Resources:
Publisher description

ISBN:

0894680862 (v. 1 ; pbk.)
9780894680861 (v. 1 ; pbk.)
(v. 1 ; hard)
0521303745
(v. 2)
0894681899
0894682563 (v. 3)
9780894682568 (v. 3)
9781904982234 (v. 4)
1904982239 (v. 4)
9781904982746 (v. 1 ; cloth)
1904982743 (v. 1 ; cloth)
9781904982753 (v. 2 ; cloth)
1904982751 (v. 2 ; cloth)
9781904982760 (v. 3 ; cloth)
190498276X (v. 3 ; cloth)
9780894682605
0894682601 (v. 2 ; pbk.)
9780894681899
0894681893

Subject:

Pigments.
Artists' materials.
Art history
ARTISTS' MATERIALS.
PIGMENTS.
Matériel d'artistes.
pigments.
artists' materials.
Peinture (produit chimique)
Pigment Geschichte.

Added entries:

Feller, Robert L., editor.
Roy, Ashok, 1950- editor.
FitzHugh, Elisabeth West, editor.
Berrie, Barbara Hepburn, editor.

Holdings:

Location: Library study room conservation 16056
Call No.: ND1510.A77 1986
Status: Available