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Bright Earth : Art and the Invention of Color
Bright Earth Art and the Invention of Color
Author: Philip Ball
ISBN-13: 9780226036281
ISBN-10: 0226036286
Publication Date: 4/15/2003
Pages: 424
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Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Book Type: Paperback
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In this book, Ball chronicles how colors evolved through art and science to become what they are today. He examines the nature of color and its origin as well as its use by artists, from Apelles to Alexander the Great to Warhol.