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A look into the origins of color reveals a direct tie to geography. What minerals, plants, and animals were/are available in that region to make pigments from? By researching what natural pigments are used even today in colors we can discover where these materials come from: For instance, blue colors: Cobalt, Indigo, Lapis and then see how the older local cultures with easy access to them (or trade routes connecting them) used them in art and textiles. Fun fact: purple from the purple snail was the rarest of colors which is why it is not used on any national flag - not enough to color all the banners even a tiny nation would need to fly at all the official places..... Hope this gives a lead students can track.... Talor --- *Talor Stewart, Architect* (802) 379-9867 Vermont (410) 417-7176 Maryland (760) 331-4029 California www.ConsciousHomeDesign.com <https://conscioushomedesign.com/> On Thu, Aug 11, 2022 at 3:17 PM Joan Beaudoin <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > You might suggest the text by Marcia Hall, below, for some ideas. > > Hall, M. B. (1992). *Color and Meaning: Practice and Theory in > Renaissance Painting*. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. > > There are lots of ties to culture, color and art, some of these are so > obvious that we tend not to think about them at all (e.g., Mary/Madonna = > blue, Roman rulers = purple). > > Color is also incredibly important for tapestry manufacturing, and you > could point out that much color research was being performed in the 18th > century in Europe for this purpose (among these explorations was the work > of Michel-Eugene Chevreul (1786-1889) at Gobelins). Hope this helps! > > |+/+|+\+|+/+|+\+|+/+|+\+|+/+|+\+|+/+|+\+|+/+| > > Dr. Joan E. Beaudoin > > Associate Professor > > School of Information Sciences > > Wayne State University > > 888-497-8754 ext. 701 > > [log in to unmask] > > http://sis.wayne.edu/faculty/ee4525 > > <http://slis.wayne.edu/faculty/bio.php?id=61932>Twitter: @joanebeaudoin > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* ARLIS/NA List <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of John Burns < > [log in to unmask]> > *Sent:* Thursday, August 11, 2022 11:42 AM > *To:* [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> > *Subject:* [ARLIS-L] Art Research for a Specific Undergrad Assignment > > [EXTERNAL] > > Hi List of Collective Wisdom, > > > > I have a faculty looking to have his students research a culture and the > color(s) used in its art forms. > > > > I am afraid I am not coming up with anything that great to help him. > > > > Any ideas as to how I could go about instructing his students on how to > research a culture and the color(s) used in its art forms? > > > > Feel free to reply to me off list and many thanks in advance as I am open > to any ideas! > > > > Best, > > > > -- > > John Burns, MLIS > > Reference and Electronic Resources > Science, Art, and Mechanical Engineering Librarian > Chair, The University Forum > > > > Utah Tech University > > Library & Open Learning Services 242 > > 225 S. University Ave. > > Saint George, UT 84770 > > [log in to unmask] > > library.utahtech.edu > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining > ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/membership/join-arlisna Send > administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to > [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: > http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy > Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining > ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/membership/join-arlisna Send > administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to > [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: > http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy > Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/membership/join-arlisna Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~