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Mävers-Persch, Sophie-Luise ORCID: 0000-0001-7813-9633 (2023). Fighting for the Best Pigment! Academic Colour Discourses in Kassel During the Nineteenth Century. In: Ordering Colours in 18th and Early 19th Century Europe, pp. 167-195. Springer Cham. ISBN 978-3-031-34956-0

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Abstract

Is it possible to reconstruct and optimise the gloss and the durability of the colours of ancient painting techniques? Which locally produced imitation of the pigment ultramarine could conquer the art market? In which ways does colour prevail in a newly developed colour-tone harmony? These questions were intensely debated by professors at the Academy of Arts in Kassel after its reorganisation in the 1830s. This paper discusses the assumption that the Academy supported experimental colour series both for economic reasons and out of an interest in the further development of ancient painting techniques. Colour order was fundamental for all experiments of these colour samples. Selected colours were arranged in a special order to test their intensity and to determine the suitability of the pigments for use on different materials. Based on an evaluation of correspondence lodged at the Hessisches Staatsarchiv Marburg, unconsidered by researchers so far, a stimulation of discourses regarding the effect of colour, its durability, production and systematisation can be traced. At the same time, studying the reactions of the reviewing academy teachers allows insight into the desire to deal reflexively with colour compositions made with resin oil and encaustic painting, and to develop a theory-based interest in colour terminologies in an artistic teaching and learning institution.

Item Type:	Book Section
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Mävers-Persch, Sophie-Luise s.maevers@uni-koeln.de https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7813-9633 UNSPECIFIED
Editors:	Editors Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Kleinwächter, Tanja C. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Lowengard, Sarah UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Steinle, Friedrich UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-711541
Identification Number:	10.1007/978-3-031-34956-0_9
Title of Book:	Ordering Colours in 18th and Early 19th Century Europe
Series Name:	International Archives of the History of Ideas Archives internationales d'histoire des idées
Volume:	244
Page Range:	pp. 167-195
Number of Pages:	VII, 201
Date:	2023
Publisher:	Springer Cham
ISSN:	0066-6610
ISBN:	978-3-031-34956-0
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Fächergruppe 1: Kunstgeschichte, Musikwissenschaft, Medienkultur und Theater, Linguistik, IDH > Musikwissenschaftliches Institut
Subjects:	Economics Education Commerce, communications, transport Chemistry and allied sciences The arts Music Geography and history
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language Kassel Academy of Arts Encaustic painting Colour-tone-harmony Munich Industrial Exhibition Resin-oil-painting Artificial ultramarine English Kunstakademie Kassel Enkaustische Malerei Farbtonharmonie Künstliches Ultramarin German
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/71154