Cochineal Red: The Art History of a Color (Metropolitan Museum of Art) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Cochineal Red: The Art History of a Color (Metropolitan Museum of Art) Book

Associated with blood fire fertility and the life force the color red has always been extremely difficult to achieve and thus highly prized. This book discusses the origin of the red colorant derived from the insect cochineal its early use in Precolumbian ritual textiles from Mexico and Peru and the spread of the American dyestuff.Read More

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  • Blackwell

    Associated with blood, fire, fertility, and the life force, the color red has always been extremely difficult to achieve and thus highly prized. This book discusses the origin of the red colorant derived from the insect cochineal, its early use in...

  • 0300155131
  • 9780300155136
  • E Phipps
  • 7 May 2010
  • Yale University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 48
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