Alchemy’s Rainbow: Pigment Science and the Art of Conservation

Synopsis

Audio podcast. Art conservator Mark F. Bockrath, and art historian Elisabeth Berry Drago, discuss and show the messy and occasionally dangerous process of making paints from pigments and the transition to using paints from tubes. They explain how conservators preserve paintings and why alchemists were so important to painters in early modern times. [30 minutes].

Language

English

Country

United States

Year of release

2014

Year of production

2014

Subjects

Art; Chemistry

Keywords

art history; conservation - art and architecture; pigments; paints

Online availability

URI

http://www.chemheritage.org/discover/media/distillations/188-alchemyapos;s-rainbow-pigment-science-and-the-art-of-conservation.aspx

Price

Free

Delivery

Streamed/Download

Credits

Producer

Mariel Carr

Contributor

Elisabeth Berry Drago; Mark F. Bockrath

Distributor

Name

Chemical Heritage Foundation