Colour : the art & science of illuminated manuscripts / edited by Stella Panayotova ; with the assistance of Deirdre Jackson & Paola Ricciardi.
Alternate Title(s):
Colour : the art and science of illuminated manuscripts
Published / Created:
London : Harvey Miller Publishers, 2016.
Physical Description:
420 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Catalog of an exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum from July 30-December 30, 2016.
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 ... [and others] -- 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 -- Analytical methods and equipment / Paola Ricciardi.
Subject Terms:
Fitzwilliam Museum -- Exhibitions. | Fitzwilliam Museum. | Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval -- Exhibitions. | Illumination of books and manuscripts, Renaissance -- Exhibitions. | Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval. | Illumination of books and manuscripts, Renaissance.