Download or read book 1st Century Colour Palettes written by Patricia Railing and published by . This book was released on 2018-01-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sources of pigments used in European painting are found in classical antiquity, 1st. century B.C. to 1st century A.D. The over 40 pigments in use were described by Vitruvius, Pliny the Elder and Dioscorides, complemented by 3rd century B.C. Theophrastus. The principles of painting were also described by Pliny, to be picked up by Italian Renaiss