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Pigments through the Ages - Antiquity Home Introduction Choose a pigment Browse colors Time periods Make paintings Look closer About www.webexhibits.org/pigments » Antiquity Antiquity Jump to pigment Azurite Bone black Cadmium yellow/red Carbon black Carmine Cerulean Blue Chrome orange Chrome yellow Cobalt blue Cobalt green Cobalt violet Cobalt yellow Copper resinate Egyptian blue Emerald green Green earth Indian yellow Indigo Lead white Lead-tin yellow Lemon yellow Lime white Madder Malachite Naples yellow Orpiment Prussian blue Realgar Red lead Red ochre Smalt Titanium white Ultramarine Umber Van Dyke brown Verdigris Vermilion Viridian Yellow ochre Zinc white font size: a a a Introduction Prehistory Antiquity Medieval Age Renaissance & Baroque Modern age Industrialization Contemporary age Painting techniques The Minoans are attributed with inventing the fresco by applying pigments directly to a fresh lime surface. The pigments they used were earth pigments because they were unaffected by alkalis. Egyptian artists covered limestone walls of tombs with a ... http://www.webexhibits.org/pigments/intro/antiquity.html · 16.4k |
Pigments through the Ages - Industrialization (1800) Home Introduction Choose a pigment Browse colors Time periods Make paintings Look closer About www.webexhibits.org/pigments » Industrialization (1800) Industrialization (1800) Jump to pigment Azurite Bone black Cadmium yellow/red Carbon black Carmine Cerulean Blue Chrome orange Chrome yellow Cobalt blue Cobalt green Cobalt violet Cobalt yellow Copper resinate Egyptian blue Emerald green Green earth Indian yellow Indigo Lead white Lead-tin yellow Lemon yellow Lime white Madder Malachite Naples yellow Orpiment Prussian blue Realgar Red lead Red ochre Smalt Titanium white Ultramarine Umber Van Dyke brown Verdigris Vermilion Viridian Yellow ochre Zinc white font size: a a a Introduction Prehistory Antiquity Medieval Age Renaissance & Baroque Modern age Industrialization Contemporary age Painting techniques The main innovation in this era was the collapsible tin paint tube, invented in 1841 by American painter John Rand. This revolutionized the color palette and technique of plein-air oil painting by offering a range of pre ... http://www.webexhibits.org/pigments/intro/industrialization.html · 16.0k |
Pigments through the Ages - Modern age (1700) Home Introduction Choose a pigment Browse colors Time periods Make paintings Look closer About www.webexhibits.org/pigments » Modern age (1700) Modern age (1700) Jump to pigment Azurite Bone black Cadmium yellow/red Carbon black Carmine Cerulean Blue Chrome orange Chrome yellow Cobalt blue Cobalt green Cobalt violet Cobalt yellow Copper resinate Egyptian blue Emerald green Green earth Indian yellow Indigo Lead white Lead-tin yellow Lemon yellow Lime white Madder Malachite Naples yellow Orpiment Prussian blue Realgar Red lead Red ochre Smalt Titanium white Ultramarine Umber Van Dyke brown Verdigris Vermilion Viridian Yellow ochre Zinc white font size: a a a Introduction Prehistory Antiquity Medieval Age Renaissance & Baroque Modern age Industrialization Contemporary age Painting technique From the early 18th century, “color men” appeared on the scene to provide artists with ready-made paints. Watercolor painting also became a fashionable pastime among the wealthy. In 1766, William Reeves set up a business supplying ... http://www.webexhibits.org/pigments/intro/modern.html · 12.4k |
Pigments through the Ages - Choose a time period Home Introduction Choose a pigment Browse colors Time periods Make paintings Look closer About www.webexhibits.org/pigments » Choose a time period Choose a time period Jump to pigment Azurite Bone black Cadmium yellow/red Carbon black Carmine Cerulean Blue Chrome orange Chrome yellow Cobalt blue Cobalt green Cobalt violet Cobalt yellow Copper resinate Egyptian blue Emerald green Green earth Indian yellow Indigo Lead white Lead-tin yellow Lemon yellow Lime white Madder Malachite Naples yellow Orpiment Prussian blue Realgar Red lead Red ochre Smalt Titanium white Ultramarine Umber Van Dyke brown Verdigris Vermilion Viridian Yellow ochre Zinc white font size: a a a Introduction Prehistory Antiquity Medieval Age Renaissance & Baroque Modern age Industrialization Contemporary age From prehistoric times, humans have left an imprint on their environment in the form of painted images, which both beautified their world and expressed their thoughts and feelings. It may be that primitive man scratched trees or rocks with stones as ... http://www.webexhibits.org/pigments/intro/history.html · 79.6k |
Pigments through the Ages - Overview - Ultramarine Home Introduction Choose a pigment Browse colors Time periods Make paintings Look closer About www.webexhibits.org/pigments » Ultramarine Ultramarine / ul • truh • muh • reen / Jump to pigment Azurite Bone black Carbon black Carmine Cadmium yellow/red Cerulean Blue Cobalt blue Cobalt green Cobalt violet Cobalt yellow Chrome orange Chrome yellow Copper resinate Egyptian blue Emerald green Green earth Indian yellow Indigo Lead-tin yellow Lead white Lemon yellow Lime white Madder Malachite Naples yellow Orpiment Prussian blue Realgar Red lead Red ochre Smalt Titanium white Ultramarine Umber Van Dyke brown Verdigris Vermilion Viridian Yellow ochre Zinc white font size: a a a Overview History of use Making the pigment Technical details Painted swatch of Ultramarine. Brief description of Ultramarine: The finest blue known to the ancients, was obtained from the precious stone lapis lazuli (lazurite), a costly mineral. The mineral lazurite is a complex sodium calcium aluminum silicate sulfate. Lapis lazuli has been mined for ... http://www.webexhibits.org/pigments/indiv/overview/ultramarine.html · 16.6k |
Pigments through the Ages - History - Madder lake Home Introduction Choose a pigment Browse colors Time periods Make paintings Look closer About www.webexhibits.org/pigments » Madder lake Madder lake Jump to pigment Azurite Bone black Carbon black Carmine Cadmium yellow/red Cerulean Blue Cobalt blue Cobalt green Cobalt violet Cobalt yellow Chrome orange Chrome yellow Copper resinate Egyptian blue Emerald green Green earth Indian yellow Indigo Lead-tin yellow Lead white Lemon yellow Lime white Madder Malachite Naples yellow Orpiment Prussian blue Realgar Red lead Red ochre Smalt Titanium white Ultramarine Umber Van Dyke brown Verdigris Vermilion Viridian Yellow ochre Zinc white font size: a a a Overview History of use Making the pigment Technical details History of Madder lake : Natural: Madder lake Dyes derived from the extract of the madder plant's root (rubia tinctorum) were in use by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans for coloring textiles. Madder has been cultivated as a dyestuff since antiquity also in central Asia, where it was grown as early as 1500 B.C. ... http://www.webexhibits.org/pigments/indiv/history/madder.html · 12.5k |
Pigments through the Ages - Medieval Age (500-1400) Home Introduction Choose a pigment Browse colors Time periods Make paintings Look closer About www.webexhibits.org/pigments » Medieval Age (500-1400) Medieval Age (500-1400) Jump to pigment Azurite Bone black Cadmium yellow/red Carbon black Carmine Cerulean Blue Chrome orange Chrome yellow Cobalt blue Cobalt green Cobalt violet Cobalt yellow Copper resinate Egyptian blue Emerald green Green earth Indian yellow Indigo Lead white Lead-tin yellow Lemon yellow Lime white Madder Malachite Naples yellow Orpiment Prussian blue Realgar Red lead Red ochre Smalt Titanium white Ultramarine Umber Van Dyke brown Verdigris Vermilion Viridian Yellow ochre Zinc white font size: a a a Introduction Prehistory Antiquity Medieval Age Renaissance & Baroque Modern age Industrialization Contemporary age Painting techniques Egg tempera painting, in which the pigment was mixed with water and egg before application, was well established by the 13th century. The dried protein remaining after the water evaporated bound the pigment to the ... http://www.webexhibits.org/pigments/intro/medieval.html · 13.1k |
Pigments through the Ages - Intro to the blues Home Introduction Choose a pigment Browse colors Time periods Make paintings Look closer About www.webexhibits.org/pigments » Intro to the blues Intro to the blues Jump to pigment Azurite Bone black Cadmium yellow/red Carbon black Carmine Cerulean Blue Chrome orange Chrome yellow Cobalt blue Cobalt green Cobalt violet Cobalt yellow Copper resinate Egyptian blue Emerald green Green earth Indian yellow Indigo Lead white Lead-tin yellow Lemon yellow Lime white Madder Malachite Naples yellow Orpiment Prussian blue Realgar Red lead Red ochre Smalt Titanium white Ultramarine Umber Van Dyke brown Verdigris Vermilion Viridian Yellow ochre Zinc white font size: a a a Colors Purple Blue Green Yellow Orange Red White Brown Black Choose: Azurite Cerulean Blue Cobalt blue Egyptian blue Indigo Prussian blue Smalt Ultramarine A perfect blue. Yves Klein (1928-1962), Blue Monochrome, 1961, The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection. Monochrome painting was defined by Yves Klein as an "open window to freedom as the possibility of ... http://www.webexhibits.org/pigments/intro/blues.html · 19.0k |
Pigments through the Ages - Antiquity Home Introduction Choose a pigment Browse colors Time periods Make paintings Look closer About www.webexhibits.org/pigments » Antiquity Antiquity Jump to pigment Azurite Bone black Cadmium yellow/red Carbon black Carmine Cerulean Blue Chrome orange Chrome yellow Cobalt blue Cobalt green Cobalt violet Cobalt yellow Copper resinate Egyptian blue Emerald green Green earth Indian yellow Indigo Lead white Lead-tin yellow Lemon yellow Lime white Madder Malachite Naples yellow Orpiment Prussian blue Realgar Red lead Red ochre Smalt Titanium white Ultramarine Umber Van Dyke brown Verdigris Vermilion Viridian Yellow ochre Zinc white font size: a a a Colors Purple Blue Green Yellow Orange Red White Brown Black Yellow River ladden with mud Yellow pigments (goethite and clay) were used the in the wall paintings in the cave of Lascaux 17 000 years ago. Yellow ochre was used by ancient Egyptians to depict skin tones or for painting backgrounds in their wall paintings. Egyptian hieroglyphs are the only known script using color to ... http://www.webexhibits.org/pigments/intro/yellows2.html · 13.7k |
Pigments through the Ages - Ancient Egypt Home Introduction Choose a pigment Browse colors Time periods Make paintings Look closer About www.webexhibits.org/pigments » Ancient Egypt Ancient Egypt Jump to pigment Azurite Bone black Cadmium yellow/red Carbon black Carmine Cerulean Blue Chrome orange Chrome yellow Cobalt blue Cobalt green Cobalt violet Cobalt yellow Copper resinate Egyptian blue Emerald green Green earth Indian yellow Indigo Lead white Lead-tin yellow Lemon yellow Lime white Madder Malachite Naples yellow Orpiment Prussian blue Realgar Red lead Red ochre Smalt Titanium white Ultramarine Umber Van Dyke brown Verdigris Vermilion Viridian Yellow ochre Zinc white font size: a a a Colors Purple Blue Green Yellow Orange Red White Brown Black King Ramses III. (1170 B.C.) The blue helmet with golden serpent is the symbol of royalty Blue Hippopotamus, 12th Dynasty (Louvre, Paris) The blue mineral Lapis Lazuli possessed purportedly life-giving powers. The Book of the Dead describes Horus, the hawk-like son of the God Osiris destroying all evil. After ... http://www.webexhibits.org/pigments/intro/blues2.html · 13.9k |
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