A Cultural History of Color in the Renaissance
Dupré, Sven / Buono, Amy / Biggam, Carole P. / Wolf, Kirsten
A Cultural History of Color in the Renaissance covers the period 1400 to 1650, a time of change, conflict, and transformation. Innovations in color production transformed the material world of the Renaissance, especially in ceramics, cloth, and paint. Collectors across Europe prized colorful objects such as feathers and gemstones as material illustrations of foreign lands. The advances in technology and the increasing global circulation of col...