36189
Accession Number
4769
Title Of Article Chaper
A pigment census of Japanese Ukiyo-e paintings in the Freer Gallery of Art
Title Of Journal Book
Ars orientalis
Volume
11
Pages
27-38
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
Pigment occurrences on 151 paintings of the kiyo-e school are presented. The paintings are attributed to five dating groups: late 16th to mid-17th century, mid-17th to mid-18th century, 2nd quarter to end 18th century, 2nd quarter 18th to 1st quarter 19th century, end 18th to late 19th century. Pigment identification was by optical microscopy, microchemistry and X-ray diffraction; the morphological and optical characteristics of, and the chemical tests used to identify, the eighteen pigments found are described. The pattern of occurrences over the five dating groups is summarized.
Keywords
Painting, oriental; Painting, technique material; Painting, history; Pigment, analysis; Pigment, history; Pigment, white shell; Pigment, white lead; Pigment, white; Pigment, red realgar; Pigment, red vermilion; Pigment, green; Pigment, green malachite; Pigment, green emerald; Pigment, yellow; Pigment, yellow orpiment; Pigment, yellow ochre; Pigment, blue; Pigment, blue azurite; Pigment, blue cobalt aluminate; Pigment, blue ultramarine; Pigment, blue indigo; Pigment, blue prussian; Pigment, brown; Pigment, brown umber; Pigment, brown van-dyke; Pigment, yellow gamboge; Pigment, red lead ICCROM
pub_id
36189