Cochineal red : the art history of a color
From antiquity to the present day, colour has been embedded with cultural meaning. Associated with blood, fire, fertility & the life force, the colour red has always been extremely difficult to achieve & thus highly prized. This book discusses the origin of the red colourant derived from the insect cochineal
Print Book, English, 2010
Yale University Press, New Haven, Conn., 2010