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Understanding Art Through the History of Pigments

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The History of Art in 39 Pigments

It was really a fantastically challenging task to decide which specific artists and artworks, um, you used for each color. I wanted to make sure that I de-sononomized my new history of art. It did, however, change the nature of what contemporary works and contemporary artists I would and could talk about. So, rhyming was almost certainly working with less, less lethal, um, paint that's been made available since then.

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