Lecture: Mineralogy of Art
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Date and Time
19:30 -
Location
Virtual Talk via Zoom
Lecture Description
Well-known as the “father of modern geology”, James Hutton has been a somewhat enigmatic character as few of his personal papers survived. This talk will be focusing on the geological materials used in painting. Geological pigments have been used extensively from the earliest cave paintings to the mid-eighteenth century. From ochres used to provide light earth tones, copper minerals used as the sources of green and blue pigments, the intense blue of ultramarine from lapis lazuli through to gold and silver leaf.
Chris will look at some of the historical sources of the pigments, the processing needed to make them functional and many examples of their uses.
Hopefully, your next visit to an art gallery will allow you to observe favourite paintings with new eyes through a geological lens.
About the Speaker: Retired from school teaching, Chris Duffin was formerly Senior Master, Director of Sixth Form, Head of Biology and Head of Critical Thinking at Streatham and Clapham High School in south London. Following a Geology degree, he obtained a Ph.D. in Vertebrate Palaeontology at University College London. He has published extensively (over 320 papers) on a wide range of fossil groups, but is particularly concerned with sharks and their allies.
Attending via Zoom
This lecture will take place online via Zoom.
Bath Geological Society Members: Free of charge. Joining instructions and the Zoom link are sent to members by email prior to the lecture.
Visitors & Non-Members: (including members of the Geologists' Association and affiliated societies) Please book via Eventbrite to receive Zoom access (see the Entry Fee details above).
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