The Alchemy of Paint: Art, Science and Secrets from the Middle Ages

The Alchemy of Paint examines pre-modern artists' recipes for a handful of pigments, including lapis lazuli, gold and vermilion. The author was, until 2022, Director of Research at the Hamilton Kerr Institute and Professor of Material Culture at the University of Cambridge. The book has become a recognised text in the undergraduate and postgraduate teaching of history, art history and the history of science. Historic pigment recipes - many of which were reconstructed by the author - provide...