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This programme relates rocks and geology to the use of pigments in art. Early cave painters began by scraping their colours from rocks on the Earth's surface, but civilisations like the Egyptians a...nd Arabs developed ingenious techniques to transform rocks and dramatically broaden the range of their palettes. Bringing this story up to the present day, Iain Stewart shows how advances in our understanding of rocks has given each generation of artists new potential.
This programme relates rocks and geology to the use of pigments in art. Early cave painters began by scraping their colours from rocks on the Earth's surface, but civilisations like the Egyptians a...nd Arabs developed ingenious techniques to transform rocks and dramatically broaden the range of their palettes. Bringing this story up to the present day, Iain Stewart shows how advances in our understanding of rocks has given each generation of artists new potential.
| Series: | Journeys from the centre of the earth |
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| First transmission date: | 2005 |
| Published: | 2005 |
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| Duration: | 00:59:10 |
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| Producer: | Clare Paterson |
| Contributor: | Iain Stewart |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Link to related site: | Website: http://www.open2.net/journeysfrom/ |
| Subject terms: | Art; Pigments; Rocks; Geology |
| Production number: | LSFR978Y |
| Videofinder number: | 6903 |
| Available to public: | no |
