This stuff used to be one of the only ways to make a decent blue paint and is one reason we couldn't have Impressionism much before the 19th century. The impact of better quality, factory made chemical pigments on the history of painting is underappreciated. https://t.co/yHaE9LJyQE
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My favorite example of "artist who did the best they could with inadequate paint" is J. M. W. Turner. If he'd been born three decades later, he could have gone full Van Goghpic.twitter.com/NekjchbgNg
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You don't hear more about this fascinating aspect of art history because the kind of people who become art historians are too chicken to take a chemistry class
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Oddly, in art school, I heard this from every art historian I took a class from and myriad professors. So I disagree with you entirely.
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Same, I only took art appreciation 101. Repeatedly mentioned.
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Well good! I'm glad it's being taught and that my fling was unfair.
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