The Artists' Colour Box
$36.55
- Cards
52 pages
- Release Date
7 October 2025
Summary
Understand the stories behind the paints and pigments used by the great artists.
The front of each card outlines a pigment’s history - its discovery or invention, production and usage - with a swatch. The back features a notable work from the history of art that prominently features it. The 52 pigments have been carefully selected from across all cultures and eras and will demystify the extensive ranges of oil paints on offer today.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781837760688 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1837760683 |
| Author: | Kelly Grovier |
| Publisher: | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Imprint: | Skittledog |
| Format: | Cards |
| Number of Pages: | 52 |
| Release Date: | 7 October 2025 |
| Weight: | 364g |
| Dimensions: | 51mm x 97mm x 186mm |
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Kelly Grovier
Kelly Grovier is a feature writer for BBC Culture and the author of several acclaimed studies of art, including:
- 100 Works of Art That Will Define Our Age
- Art Since 1989
- A New Way of Seeing: The History of Art in 57 Works
His writings have appeared in:
- Times Literary Supplement
- The Independent
- The Sunday Times
- The Observer
- RA Magazine
- Wired magazine
His history of London’s Newgate Prison, The Gaol, was a BBC Radio 4 ‘Book of the Week’. He is co-founder of the scholarly journal European Romantic Review.
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