Random House Trade | ISBN:0812971426 | File Type: PDF, 464 pages | File size: 42.Mb | Dec. 30th, 2003
General Art History: A Natural History of the Palette Discover the tantalizing true stories behind your favorite colors For example Cleopatra used saffron a source of the color yellow for seduction Extracted from an Afghan mine the blue tramarine paint used by Michelangelo was so expensive he codn t afford to buy it himself Since ancient times carmine red still found in lipsticks and Cherry Coke today has come from the blood of insects
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