Colour: The Art & Science of Illuminated Manuscripts

Reference Type Book
Year of Publication
2016
Author
Editor: Stella Panayotova
Language
English
Number of Pages
420 pp.
Publisher
Harvey Miller Publishers
City
London, England
Region
Europe
Chronological Period
8th century
9th century
10th century
11th century
12th century
13th century
14th century
15th century
16th century
17th century
ISBN
9781909400566
Annotation

Contents: 

  • Colour in illuminated manuscripts / Stella Panayotova
  • The illuminators' palette / Paola Ricciardi and Kristine Rose Beers
  • The trade in colours / Spike Bucklow
  • The image of the illuminator / Richard Gameson
  • Pigment recipes and model books: mechanisms for knowledge transmission and the training of manuscript illuminators / Nancy K. Turner and Doris Oltrogge
  • Alchemy and colour / Spike Bucklow
  • Masters' secrets / Stella Panayotova and Paola Ricciardi
  • From vandalism to reconstruction / Stella Panayotova ; with contributions by Marie D'Autume, Edward Cheese, Rebecca Honold, Paola Ricciardi, and Carola-Bibiane Schönlich
  • Painting with gold and silver / Nigel Morgan
  • Modelling in manuscript painting c.1050-c.1500 /; Nigel Morgan
  • Grisaille in manuscript painting / Nigel Morgan and Elizabeth J. Moodey
  • Incarnation" illuminated : painting the flesh in Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts / Nancy Turner
  • Colour theory, optics and manuscript illumination / Stella Panayotova
  • Colour and meaning / Deirdre Jackson
  • Appendix: Analytical methods and equipment / Paola Ricciardi
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