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| − | An unstandardized name used for black pigments with a bluish cast. Blue black generally referred to [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=ivory | + | An unstandardized name used for black pigments with a bluish cast. Blue black generally referred to [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=ivory%20black ivory black], [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=bone%20black bone black], or [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=vine%20black vine black] in the 17th and 18th centuries. |
== Synonyms and Related Terms == | == Synonyms and Related Terms == | ||
Revision as of 12:02, 13 June 2013
Description
An unstandardized name used for black pigments with a bluish cast. Blue black generally referred to ivory black, bone black, or vine black in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Synonyms and Related Terms
blu nero (It.)
Authority
- R. J. Gettens, G.L. Stout, R. J. Gettens, G.L. Stout, Painting Materials, A Short Encyclopaedia, Dover Publications, New York, 1966
- Ralph Mayer, Ralph Mayer, A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques, Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing)
- R.D. Harley, R.D. Harley, Artists' Pigments c. 1600-1835, Butterworth Scientific, London, 1982