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The chemistry of paints and painting / by A. H. Church.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - British Imprints 1892 Church
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Church, A. H. (Arthur Herbert), 1834-1915.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Paint.
- Painting--Technique.
- Painting.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 324 p. ; 21 cm.
- Edition:
- 2d ed., rev. and enl.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Seeley, 1892.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Part I. Painting-grounds. Paper, vellum, ivory
- Plastor or intonaco, stone
- Panel
- Canvas
- Part II. Vehicles and varnishes. Oils
- Resins, waxes, paraffin-wax
- Yolk and white of egg, size, glue
- Gums, glycerin, honey
- Water-glass, lime- and baryta-water
- Solvents and diluents
- Siccatives or dryers
- Varnishes and oleo-resinous vehicles
- Part III. Pigments. White pigments
- Yellow pigments
- Red pigments
- Green pigments
- blue pigments
- Brown pigments
- Black pigments
- Classification of pigments
- Tables of permanent and fugitive pigments
- Selected and restricted palettes
- Part IV. Methods and results. Painting-methods
- Study of old paintings
- Conservation of pictures and drawings
- Trials of pigments
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: p. [xiii]-xiv.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Teal cloth binding with gold writing.
- OCLC:
- 3256432
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