An unintended discovery in a Berlin laboratory discovered its method into Rococo work and Japanese woodblock prints. How did Prussian Blue journey thus far, and what made it completely different from earlier blue pigments?
Be part of us for this episode of The Matter of Color, hosted by Evie Hatch.
Evie Hatch traces the story of Prussian Blue, from eighteenth-century Europe to Japan’s nineteenth-century blue revolution. She explores its uncommon chemistry, remarkably trendy advertising marketing campaign, and early issues with fading, inspecting why it’s usually referred to as the primary trendy artificial pigment.
Katsushika Hokusai
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 25.7 x 37.9 cm | 10.1 x 15 in
The Metropolitan Museum of Artwork
This episode is a part of The Matter of Color, hosted by Evie Hatch, from the Jackson’s Artwork Podcast. Evie is an artwork historian and author specialising within the histories of artists’ pigments and supplies, and co-creator of the Pigment Tales sequence. You possibly can discover extra Pigment Tales in our weblog sequence, on-line brief movie sequence, and the Jackson’s Pigment Tales e-book.
Antoine Watteau
Oil on canvas, 57.2 x 73 cm | 22.5 x 28.25 in
The Metropolitan Museum of Artwork
This podcast was written, recorded, and produced by the Jackson’s Workforce.
Extra from The Artists’ Weblog
Introducing the Jackson’s Artwork Podcast
The Historical past of Prussian Blue (and why you received’t discover it in most acrylic ranges)
Rococo Methods for Portray and Drawing
