Blue pigments are absent in Palaeolithic art. The authors identify traces of azurite on an artefact from the Final Palaeolithic site of Mühlheim-Dietesheim, Germany. This represents the earliest use of blue pigment in Europe!
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#historyofcolour #historyofpigments
THE PIGMENTS THAT BUILT EMPIRES
Episode: www.buzzsprout.com/2405788/epis...
Article: helioxpodcast.substack.com/p/the-pigmen...
Purple wool was a luxury so extreme that it warped entire economies and ecosystems.
#HistoryOfPigments #TyrianPurple #LapisLazuli #AncientDyes #ColorScience #IndigoDye
THE PIGMENTS THAT BUILT EMPIRES
Episode: www.buzzsprout.com/2405788/epis...
Article: helioxpodcast.substack.com/p/the-pigmen...
Purple wool was a luxury so extreme that it warped entire economies and ecosystems.
#HistoryOfPigments #TyrianPurple #LapisLazuli #AncientDyes #ColorScience #IndigoDye
