A Red Like No Other: How Cochineal Colored the World by Carmella Padilla, Elena Phipps, Blair Clark, Barbara Anderson, Jo Kirby Atkinson

A Red Like No Other: How Cochineal Colored the World

Carmella Padilla, Elena Phipps, Blair Clark, Barbara Anderson, Jo Kirby Atkinson

320 pages first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction art history challenging dark informative medium-paced

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The captivating story of the pursuit of the most powerful color. A global symbol of power, wealth, mystery, and sexuality, red has seduced viewers and inspired artists for millennia. Painters and other artists engaged in a quest for the source of ...

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