Colour in Art: From Giotto to Van Gogh (Special Interest Day)
Wed 13 Mar
|Widcombe Social Club
The Arts Society Bath invites you to our Special Interest Day. Paintings and sculptures from the earliest times were very colourful. Pigments were used from the Middle Ages to the end of the 19th century: where did they come from and how did artists make them?
Time & Location
13 Mar 2024, 10:30 – 15:30
Widcombe Social Club, Widcombe Hill, Bath BA2 6AA, UK
About the Event
Lecturer Clare Ford-Wille
Location Widcombe Social Club
Paintings and sculptures from the earliest times were very colourful. Pigments were used from the Middle Ages to the end of the 19th century: where did they come from and how did artists make them? Colour helps us understand the subject and meaning of a painting or sculpture, whether used in fresco, tempera, oil, or watercolour. During the day we will have 3 lectures:
Introduction: Where did pigments such as ultramarine or vermilion come from and how were they made for fresco, tempera and oil?
Colours and the symbolism of colour in Medieval and Renaissance painting 1300-1600
Colour in art from Rubens to Van Gogh 1600-1880