Paint in America
Colours of Historic Buildings
Published on 1. October 1994
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-0-471-14410-6 (ISBN)
Description
Since the time of the Lascaux Caves (ca. 10,000 BC), people have been decorating and protecting their shelters with paint. The painter, according to one Victorian writer, was the most welcome of workers. The use of paint to achieve these twin goals - beauty and practicality - is described in this text. It should be a useful guide for anyone interested in restoring exteriors and interiors to their historically appropriate colours. Written by architectural historians, paint conservators, and paint investigators, this book includes: a description of historic paints and painting techniques; the process of paint research at sites such as Mount Vernon and Colonial Williamsburg; an explanation of modern paint analysis; an outline of the basic nature of paint; and sections presenting a newly authenticated palette of colonial paint colours as well as a list of the most common pigments used from 1600 - 1850.
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
90 colour illustrations; 25 b&w illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 260 mm
Width: 225 mm
Weight
1247 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-14410-6 (9780471144106)
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Content
Historical perspectives: Colonial and federal America: Accounts of Early Painting Practices; House Painting in Britain: Sources for American Paints; 19th-Century Paints: A Documentary Approach. Case studies in paint research: The Early American Palette: Colonial Paint Colors Revealed; Colonial Williamsburg Colors: A Changing Spectrum; Paint Decoration at Mount Vernon: The Revival of 18th-Century Techniques; The Color of Change: A 19th-Century Massachusetts house; The Early Colonial Mural: The Conservation of Wall Paintings; A Victorian Trompe l'Oeil: The Restoration of Distemper Paints. modern paint analysis and Restoration: Analyzing Paint Samples: Investigation and Interpretation; Pigments and Media: Techniques in Paint Analysis; Painting Techniques: Surface Preparation and Application. The nature of paints: A Survey of Paint Technology: The Composition and Properties of Paints; Historic and Modern Oil Paints: Composition and Conservation; House Paint Pigments: Composition and Use.