Brimful of facts, the book enhances our understanding of colors, color perception and production, drawing and history of art in general. It portrays interesting intertwinement of painting techniques development and 'hardware' available for artists at various points in history.

I found it impossible to read without an Internet access available around. Despite a number of illustrations the author constantly refers (and for good reasons) to a yet greater number of works. Thus it is more rewarding - both estethically and cognitively - to check those paintings to better understand the points made by this brilliant author.

A highly entertaining survey for the invention of artist pigments through out the human history. ( )

Maybe it would have been better if Bayer just stuck to synthisizing indigo and making dyes ( )

Maybe it would have been better if Bayer just stuck to synthisizing indigo and making dyes ( )

-all those things, all related
-art is more than art ( )