Bright Earth

Philip Ball

University of Chicago Press

2003

382 páginas

12h 44m

ISBN-10: 0226036286

From Egyptian wall paintings to the Venetian Renaissance, impressionism to digital images, Philip Ball tells the fascinating story of how art, chemistry, and technology have interacted throughout the ages to render the gorgeous hues we admire on our walls and in our museums. Finalist for the 2002 National Book Critics Circle Award.