Wednesday, 10 June 2020

GOLD GOLD GOLD

For a summer theme I'll be looking at the diverse ways artists use gold in calligraphy illuminated manuscripts and other media. Also not just West European manuscripts! 

But first here's gold unprocessed and not refined. This nugget has high levels of gold. Normally its just specks or streaks imbedded with other ores.


But htat raw material can be refined flattened cast pounded hammered turned into jewellery coins or  powder for making gold ink or lacquer ...


and yet depicted without using gold at all as in this painting
 in which the jewellery is gold and gold brocade is worn 



Join me for more posts on gold !




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