Overview
The history of Man can be seen as a succession of conquests: we never think about the history of colors and yet it has changed our lives. "The conquest of colours" is a journey to discover how our world has been enriched with millions of shades over the centuries, thanks to the appearance of increasingly bright hues and colours. We will start from the Paleolithic, when humanity could essentially only have three colours: black, ocher and white. And we will continue to discover how the deep Egyptian blue, the first synthetic color in history, and the elegant purple of the Phoenicians and Romans were then added. We will see how the great glass masters learned to flood the cathedrals with colored lights, and how the greatest artists of the past obtained their colors using precious stones, such as lapis lazuli from which the blue used for example by Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel was obtained.
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12 - 1The wonders of christian Rome March 10, 2012 -
12 - 2The conquest of colors March 17, 2012 -
12 - 3A journey through the secrets and treasures of Ancient Ostia March 24, 2012 -
12 - 4The long night of the Titanic March 31, 2012 -
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12 - 6The long journey of Ramesses April 14, 2012 -
12 - 7Journey through the Alps April 21, 2012 -
12 - 8Disappeared cities April 28, 2012 -
12 - 9Invisible enemies May 05, 2012 -
12 - 10The Moon's smile September 29, 2012 -
12 - 11Journey into the minds of animals October 06, 2012 -
12 - 12The wonders and secrets of Paris October 13, 2012 -
12 - 13Love in the time of Nerone October 20, 2012 -
12 - 14The birth of Athens October 27, 2012 -
12 - 15The wonders of the Rift Valley November 03, 2012 -
12 - 16The secrets of victory November 10, 2012 -
12 - 17The detectives of antiquity November 24, 2012 -
12 - 18The riddles of civilizations (second version) December 01, 2012