{"product_id":"color-a-natural-history-of-the-palette-paperback","title":"Color: A Natural History of the Palette - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVictoria Finlay\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this vivid and captivating journey through the colors of an artist's palette, Victoria Finlay takes us on an enthralling adventure around the world and through the ages, illuminating how the colors we choose to value have determined the history of culture itself. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e How did the most precious color blue travel all the way from remote lapis mines in Afghanistan to Michelangelo's brush? What is the connection between brown paint and ancient Egyptian mummies? Why did Robin Hood wear Lincoln green? In \u003ci\u003eColor\u003c\/i\u003e, Finlay explores the physical materials that color our world, such as precious minerals and insect blood, as well as the social and political meanings that color has carried through time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Roman emperors used to wear togas dyed with a purple color that was made from an odorous Lebanese shellfish-which probably meant their scent preceded them. In the eighteenth century, black dye was called logwood and grew along the Spanish Main. Some of the first indigo plantations were started in America, amazingly enough, by a seventeen-year-old girl named Eliza. And the popular van Gogh painting \u003ci\u003eWhite Roses\u003c\/i\u003e at Washington's National Gallery had to be renamed after a researcher discovered that the flowers were originally done in a pink paint that had faded nearly a century ago. \u003ci\u003eColor\u003c\/i\u003e is full of extraordinary people, events, and anecdotes-painted all the more dazzling by Finlay's engaging style. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Embark upon a thrilling adventure with this intrepid journalist as she travels on a donkey along ancient silk trade routes; with the Phoenicians sailing the Mediterranean in search of a special purple shell that garners wealth, sustenance, and prestige; with modern Chilean farmers breeding and bleeding insects for their viscous red blood. The colors that craft our world have never looked so bright.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiscover the tantalizing true stories behind your favorite colors.\u003cbr\u003eFor example: Cleopatra used saffron--a source of the color yellow--for seduction. Extracted from an Afghan mine, the blue \"ultramarine\" paint used by Michelangelo was so expensive he couldn't afford to buy it himself. Since ancient times, carmine red--still found in lipsticks and Cherry Coke today--has come from the blood of insects.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA British citizen living in Hong Kong, \u003cb\u003eVictoria Finlay\u003c\/b\u003e has worked for Reuters and was the arts editor for the \u003ci\u003eSouth China Morning Post\u003c\/i\u003e for four and a half years before leaving to write this book. She writes regularly about arts and travel for Hong Kong newspapers and international media.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.18 x 5.52 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 30, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51763981320480,"sku":"9780812971422","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/93e674682a3951f9e650ecd2583a6d46.webp?v=1780243072","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/color-a-natural-history-of-the-palette-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}