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Article: From Minerals to Art.(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- Rocks & Minerals
- Article date:
- September 1, 1999
- Author:
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The great majority of pigments we use today for art and coloring mediums are synthetically produced. Paints are easily obtained with minimum effort by simply purchasing them from an art supply store; however, it was not always this way. Until the twentieth century, most pigments were difficult to obtain and required painstaking refinement. Raw materials were prepared by the colormakers, who refined pigments to their richest and purest form by chemical and physical means. Colormen were the experts who mixed the colors to the artist's specifications, carefully recording the information and methods used to obtain each product. Accordingly, a pigment would be mixed with oil ...
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