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15th century colour palettes : anonymous, Secrets for colours, the Bolognese manuscript, 1425-1450 /

15th century Italian painting mastered the art of painting light in the world. As Leon Battista Alberti wrote in On Painting (1435), "light has the power to vary color", hence a rich palette of pigments and how to mix colors was necessary to capture every nuance. Countless recipes are prov...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Università di Bologna. Biblioteca
Other Authors:	Railing, Patricia (Editor, Translator)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Forest Row, East Sussex : Artists · Bookworks, 2020.
Subjects:	Pigments > History > To 1500. Color in art. Painting, Renaissance. Pigments. To 1500 History.

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