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Pigment Compendium Set
- 1st Edition
- Authors: Valentine Walsh, Nicholas Eastaugh, Ruth Siddall, Tracey Chaplin
- Language: English
This set draws together the illustrative manual dedicated to optical microscopy of historical pigments and the essential dictionary of pigment names and synonyms, providing the… Read more
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This set draws together the illustrative manual dedicated to optical microscopy of historical pigments and the essential dictionary of pigment names and synonyms, providing the reader with a thorough guide to historical pigments.
The manual is illustrated throughout with over 250 full colour images reproduced to the highest quality. Based on years of painstaking research into the visual and optical properties of pigments, this book is an invaluable reference for conservators and conservation scientists.
The dictionary covers the field worldwide from pre-history to the present day, from rock art to interior decoration, from ethnography to contemporary art. Drawing on hundreds of hard-to-obtain documentary sources as well as modern scientific data each term is discussed in detail, giving both its context and composition.
The manual is illustrated throughout with over 250 full colour images reproduced to the highest quality. Based on years of painstaking research into the visual and optical properties of pigments, this book is an invaluable reference for conservators and conservation scientists.
The dictionary covers the field worldwide from pre-history to the present day, from rock art to interior decoration, from ethnography to contemporary art. Drawing on hundreds of hard-to-obtain documentary sources as well as modern scientific data each term is discussed in detail, giving both its context and composition.
* Both books provide an invaluable reference for conservators and conservation scientists.
* Comprehensive list of pigment names and synonyms in the dictionary
* Over 250 full colour images for pigment identification in the atlas of optical microscopy
* Comprehensive list of pigment names and synonyms in the dictionary
* Over 250 full colour images for pigment identification in the atlas of optical microscopy
Practising Conservators, trainees and students working in the field of painting conservation and conservation science dealing with paintings and painted objects worldwide. Also, conservators in the field of geology and forensic scientists.
Dictionary: Introduction; A to Z list of pigments; Table of properties.
Optical Microscopy: Introductory essays; Pigments in colour order, including photographs, optical analysis, summary, references; Glossary/Synonyms; Tables
Optical Microscopy: Introductory essays; Pigments in colour order, including photographs, optical analysis, summary, references; Glossary/Synonyms; Tables
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published:
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
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Valentine Walsh
Painting conservator, with her own private conservation business. Also a visiting lecturer for Sotheby's Fine Art Course, Guildhall University, University of Northumbria, Croatian State Institute for Conservation and ICCROM.
Affiliations and expertise
The Pigmentum Project, London, UKNE
Nicholas Eastaugh
Affiliations and expertise
The Pigmentum Project, London; the Research Laboratory for
Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford, UKRS
Ruth Siddall
Affiliations and expertise
The Pigmentum Project; Department of Earth Sciences, University College, London, UKTC
Tracey Chaplin
Affiliations and expertise
The Pigmentum Project; Department of Chemistry, University College, London, UK