AUTOR: Roy S. Berns
TÍTULO: Color science and the visual arts : a guide for conservators, curators, and curious
COTA: ART/699-BC
EDITOR: The Getty Conservation Institute
ANO: 2016
RESUMO: “A curator, a paintings conservator, a photographer, and a conservation scientist walk into a bar.” What happens next? In lively and accessible
prose, color science expert Roy S. Berns helps the reader understand complex color-technology concepts and offers solutions to problems that
occur when art is displayed, conserved, imaged, or reproduced.
Berns writes for two types of audiences: museum professionals seeking explanations for common color-related issues and students in
conservation, museum studies, and art history programs. The seven chapters in the book fall naturally into two sections: fundamentals, covering
topics such as spectral measurements, metamerism, and color inconstancy; and applications, where artwork display, painting materials, and color
reproduction are discussed. A unique feature of this book is the use of more than 200 images as its main medium of communication, employing
color physics, color vision, and imaging science to produce visualizations throughout the pages. An annotated bibliography complements the main
text with suggestions for further reading and more in-depth study of particular topics.
Engaging, incisive, and absolutely critical for any scholar or student interested in color science, Color Science and the Visual Arts is sure to become
a key reference for the entire field.