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Ancient Greece is still an age or two away. I am interested in your pigment argument, however. If I get into specifics about what makes gold good art I'll check
by kcl 11y ago
Ancient Greece is still an age or two away. I am interested in your pigment argument, however. If I get into specifics about what makes gold good art I'll check into that. It would be interesting to look into, say, the price of gold versus purple dye in Ancient Rome.
- jolhoeft 11y agoThe classic example of this is ultramarine blue in the Renaissance. Typically cost three times its weight in gold. Painters often had to have their patrons supply the ultramarine if they wanted blue in their painting. Having a very blue painting was naturally a status symbol.