Bright Earth

Author: Philip Ball

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Price : 28.95 AUD
ISBN : 9780140296624
Publisher : pengui
Imprint : pengui
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Weight (g) : 0.345
Publication date : 28 November 2002
Dimensions : 198mm X 128mm X 30mm
Produced in : United Kingdom
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Author : Philip Ball
Bind : Paperback
Edition : New edition
Pages : 448
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One of the least studied aspects of the history of art is the tools an artist uses - colour, including its manufacture as well as its use, falls into this category. This text charts the practicalities of the subject, from the ancient Egyptians onwards, showing how art and science overlap.

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Philip Ball is the author of "Designing the Molecular World", The Self-Made Tapestry" and "H2O: A Biography of Water".