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Title Page
Copyright and Permissions
List of Illustrations
Video Clip:
Acknowledgments
Technological Tasks and Philosophical Ideas
Introduction
[Epigraph]
Methodological Considerations
The Order of This Book
Cultures of Sciences, Cultures of Technology
[Intro]
Concerns about Progress and Improvement
Changing Attitudes toward Commerce
The Role of Technology as an Aspect of the Goals for Commerce and Improvement
A New Role for the Sciences
Communal Activities
Interpreting Authorities
Consumption and Consumerism
Changing Systems of Patronage and Support
Premium Societies
New Forms of Dissemination, Changing Forms of Participation
Conclusions
Enlightened Participation
Color as Subject and Model
Number, Order, Form:
[Intro]
Number, Shape, and Form
Color Tables or Color Graphs
Abraham Gottlob Werner's Geological Classifications
Separating Color from Colored Objects (Other Graphic Systems)
Circles and Wheels: Isaac Newton, "C.B." and Louis-Bertrand Castel
The Usefulness of Charts and Circles, Combined
The Order of Harris's Circle
Black and White in Harris's Color System
Two Dimensions to Three
Visualization, Systematization, Order, and Meaning for Color (or, What Is Art, to a Scientist?)
Expertise and Experience:
[Intro]
The Presentations
Discussions of Physics, Primarily Optics
Chemistry in Painting
Chemistry and Quality
Proving Poor Quality
Questions of Experience and Observation
Where Do Good Ideas Come From?
Publications, the Disagreement, and Personal Enlightenment
What Is Science, for an Artisan?
Conclusion
A Final Word
Conclusions
Interactions Between Techniques and Ideas
Parameters of Color Quality
[Intro]
Parameters of Color Quality
The Cost of Coloring
Ideals and Realities
Establishing Goodness
Confirming Good Color
Improving Goodness
Value of Testing Systems
Coloration and Chemistry in the Eighteenth Century
[Intro]
Chemistry in the Eighteenth Century
Early Ideas about Coloration
Chemistry in Eighteenth-Century Theories of Coloration
Reception and Reconfigurations
Coloration Beyond the Dyehouse
Chemistry and Restoration
Conclusion
Sources, Materials, Techniques
[Intro]
The Creation of Color
Coloring Sources
Coloring Particles to Coloring Materials
Coloring Techniques
Changes to Processes in Eighteenth-Century Colormaking
Some Further Thoughts
Details of Products and Production
Information and Inspiration:
[Intro]
Lecture Presentations
Society Meetings, Lectures, and Presentations
Apprenticeship
Other Verbal Transfers
Information and Inspiration:
[Intro]
Reading Objects
Information and Inspiration:
[Intro]
Eighteenth-Century Publication
Sources for Sources of Inspiration
Information in Printed Works
Periodical Publications
Single-Subject Works
Publications Specifically about Color
Other Published and Unpublished Works Based on the Written Word
Conclusions
Publication:
[Intro]
The Descriptions des arts et métiers and the Creation of Color in Objects
Publication:
[Intro]
Urges to Simplify
Words for Color:
[Intro]
Color Nomenclature in Practices
Key Words
The Difficulties of Black and White
Artists and Colormen:
Artists and Colormen:
Artists and Colormen:
[Intro]
Pfannenschmid's Presentation
Pfannenschmid's Color Triangle
Making the Mathematical More Practical?
Artists and Colormen:
[Intro]
Vincent de Montpetit's Theory of Deterioration
Vincent de Montpetit's Eludoric Painting Technique
Industry and Ideas:
[Intro]
Gautier's Life
Gautier's Color-Printed Pictures
Gautier's Science
Gautier's Science in His Industry
Industry and Ideas:
[Intro]
Le Blon's Life
Le Blon's Printed Pictures
Le Blon's Tapestries
The Science in Le Blon's Art
Industry and Ideas:
[Intro]
Histories of the Gobelins Manufacture
Tapestries and Quality
A Project to Improve Manufactures
The Problems of Color at the Gobelins Manufacture
Industry and Ideas:
[Intro]
Palmer's Ideas about Color
Palmer's Explanation
Industry and Ideas:
[Intro]
Indigo
Cobalt, Zaffer, Smalt
Industry and Ideas:
Industry and Ideas:
Techniques and Innovations:
Techniques and Innovations:
[Intro]
Gonin's Manual on Cotton Dyeing
Understanding Gonin's System
The Benefits of Reorganization
Techniques and Innovations:
[Intro]
Early Interest and Training
George Berg's Experiment Books
William Peckitt's Treatise
Conclusions
Techniques and Innovations:
Techniques and Innovations:
Techniques and Innovations:
Techniques and Innovations:
[Intro]
The Invention of Saxon Blue
The Saxon Blue Process
Object Studies:
Object Studies:
Object Studies:
Object Studies:
Object Studies:
Object Studies:
Exhibits:
Exhibits:
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Mayer's Criteria
Using the Triangle
Exhibits:
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[Intro]
Translation
Exhibits:
Notes
Technological Tasks and Philosophical Ideas
Introduction
Cultures of Sciences, Cultures of Technology
Number, Order, Form
Expertise and Experience
Interactions Between Techniques and Ideas
Parameters of Color Quality
Coloration and Chemistry in the Eighteenth Century
Sources, Materials, Techniques
Details of Products and Production
Information and Inspiration
Publication
Words for Color
Artists and Colormen
Industry and Ideas
Techniques and Innovations
Object Studies
Glossary
Index of Terms
Glossary:
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References
Citation Conventions and Abbreviations
Primary
Secondary Sources
Encyclopedias
Periodicals
Web Resources
Bibliographies, Biographies, Vocabularies and Other Databases
Color Science
Histories of Color or Color Science
Color Identification and Conversion Tools
Color Cognition
Museums and Historic Houses
Online Collection Databases
People and Societies
Single color sites
Online Exhibitions
18c. Books and Articles
Articles
Single Images and Image-only Collections
Coursework and curricula
Miscellaneous Resources
Interesting Commercial Sites
About the Author
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