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the story of heritage paints and pigments

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An edition of The anatomy of color (2017)

The anatomy of color

the story of heritage paints and pigments

  • 4 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading

Why were primary colors popular in postwar kitchens? Why did the Art Deco era prefer clean lines and pastel shades? This comprehensive illustrated history of the use of color and paint in interior decoration answers these questions and many more. Drawing on his huge specialist archive, historian and paint expert Patrick Baty traces the evolution of pigments and paint colors together with color systems and standards, and he examines their impact on the color palettes used in interiors from the 1650s to the 1960s. He charts the creation in paint of the common and expensive colors made from traditional earth pigments between 1650 and 1799. He then explores the emergence of color systems and standards and their influence on paint colors together with the effect of industrialized production on the texture and durability of paints. Finally, Baty turns his attention to twentieth-century color standards. Woven throughout the authoritative and revealing text are specially commissioned photographs of pages from rare color reference books.

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English
Pages
351

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Table of Contents

Paints, pigments and interiors, 1650-1830. Traditional paints; Traditional pigments ; The house-painter and the colourman ; The use of colour in interiors, 1700-1830
Paints, colour systems and interiors, 1830-1900. The introduction of colour systems ; The use of colour in interiors, 1830-1900
Paints, colour standards, and interiors, 1900-1945. The development of paints and pigments ; Colour systems and standards, 1900-1945 ; The use of colour in 1930s decoration
Paints, colour standards and interiors, 1945-1960. Colour standards, 1945-1960 ; The use of colour in 1950s decoration.

Edition Notes

"Over 1,500 illustrations."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 340-342) and index.

Other Titles
Anatomy of colour

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
747/.9409, 667.6 qB336 2017
Library of Congress
NK2115.5.C6 B383 2017, NK2115.5.C6B3 2017

The Physical Object

Pagination
351 pages
Number of pages
351

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL26936972M
ISBN 10
0500519331
ISBN 13
9780500519332
OCLC/WorldCat
993880787

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