An atlas of rare & familiar colour : the Harvard Art Museums' Forbes Pigment Collection

by Kingston Trinder

Other authorsVictoria Finlay (Writer of preface), Helius (Proofreader), Pascale Georgiev (Photographer), Narayan Khandekar, 1964- (Writer of introduction), Capucine Labarthe (Designer)
Paperback, 2017

Status

Available

Call number

ND1510 .A84 2018

Publication

Los Angeles, California ; London, Great Britain : Atelier Éditions, 2017

Description

The Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies at the Harvard Art Museums possesses over 2500 of the world¿s rarest pigments. Visually and anthropologically excavating the extraordinary collection,Atelier Editions¿ monograph examines the contained artefacts¿ providence, composition, symbology and application. Whilst simultaneously exploringthe larger field of chromatics, utilising a variety of theoretical frameworks to interpret the collection anew. An introduction to the monograph is authored by Straus Center Director, Dr. Narayan Khandekar.

Language

Original language

English

Physical description

223 p.; 23.5 cm

ISBN

9780997593549

Copy notes

"A collaboration with Harvard Art Museums: Fogg Museum, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Arthur M. Sackler Museum"--Colophon.
Second printing, 2018.
Contents: Red -- Orange -- Yellow -- Green -- Blue -- Purple -- Brown -- Black -- White -- Metallic.
Multicolor textured wraps. White half-wrap vertically on back.
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