What We Are Reading Today: Pigments

What We Are Reading Today: Pigments
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Updated 09 June 2024

What We Are Reading Today: Pigments

What We Are Reading Today: Pigments

Authors: Barbara H. Berrie, Caroline Fowler,  Karin Leonhard, & Ittai Weinryb

Over the millennia, humans have used pigments to decorate, narrate, and instruct. Charred bone, ground earth, stones, bugs, and blood were the first pigments.

“Pigments” brings together leading art historians and conservators to trace the history of the materials used to create color and their invention across diverse cultures and time periods.