The Alchemy of Paint: Art, Science and Secrets from the Middle Ages

by Spike Bucklow

Book Overview

The Alchemy of Paint is a critique of the modern world, which Spike Bucklow sees as the product of seventeenth-century ideas about science. In modern times, we have divorced color from its origins, using it for commercial advantage. Spike Bucklow shows us how in medieval times, color had mystical significance far beyond the enjoyment of shade and hue.

Each chapter demonstrates the mindset of medieval Europe and is devoted to just one...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0714531723
• ISBN13: 9780714531724
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Marion Boyars Publishers
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.2" x 8.4"