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Color
a natural history of the palette
By Finlay, Victoria
- ISBN
- 978-0-34544-430-1
- Publisher
- New York : Ballantine Books, 2003, c2002.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 2003
A personal travelog that attempts to provide a history of artists' pigments, this first book by Hong Kong-based journalist Finlay is organized by color: ochre, red, orange, etc. Each chapter involves a first-person travel narrative to the source of a particular color and interactions with various interesting or quirky individuals, such as a peasant...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
