TY - BOOK AU - Delamare, François PY - 2013 DA - 2013// TI - Blue pigments: 5000 years of art and industry ET - 1. publ. CY - London KW - Blue KW - History KW - Blue in art KW - Powders KW - Industrial applications KW - Color KW - Pigments AB - Egyptian blue, the blue pigment of Mediterranean antiquity : from Egyptian hsbd̲ iryt to Roman caeruleum -- Zaffre, smalt, bleu d'esmail and azure : tribulations of Saxon cobalt -- Natural ultramarine : the essence of blue pigment -- German azurite and English blue verditer : favourite pigments of European painters -- Prussian blue : an unexpected destiny -- The discovery of Thenard's (cobalt) blue : a time for scientists -- Guimet blue and artificial ultramarines : the dream comes true -- Copper phthalocyanines : a chance happily exploited -- The rediscovery of Egyptian blue -- The rediscovery of Han blue -- The rediscovery of yax, the Maya blue SN - 9781904982371 LA - English N1 - François Delamare; translated by Yves Rouchaleau ID - 1602741719 ER -