9.8 The Chemistry of Art

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General information	Use of colour to decorate the body and our surroundings	Pigments
The spectra and our understanding of the colour of elements	Distribution of electrons in shells	Transition metals

Pigments throught the Ages - from Web Exhibits Site - includes sections on the significance of different colours, - note pigment field at top right
http://webexhibits.org/pigments/intro/early.html

The Chemistry of Art - a resource pack produced by the Royal Society of Chemistry in collaboration with the National Gallery (London).
http://www.rsc.org/publishing%5Cbooks%5C1857092821.asp

Minerals by Chemical Compostion - an interactive periodic table in which each element links to a list of minerals containing the element and the mineral in turn links to details and graphics of the mineral
http://web.wt.net/~daba/Mineral/chemical.html

Web Elements
http://www.webelements.com/

Option 9.8 Chemistry of Art - from HSC Online
http://hsc.csu.edu.au/chemistry/options/art/

Bringing Back the Beauty - from NASA Explores, Express Lessons and Online Resources
http://www.nasaexplores.com/show2_articlea.php?id=01-037

Architectural paint research - from Institute of Historic Building Conservation
http://www.ihbc.org.uk/context_archive/64/paint/reasearch.html

PIGMENTS PAST: colors used throughout history - from Sanders Studios
http://www.sanders-studios.com/instruction/tutorials/historyanddefinitions/pigmentspast.html

How Old is Australia's Rock Art? - from Aboriginal Art Online
http://www.aboriginalartonline.com/art/rockage.php

TRADITIONAL ART - from the Aboriginal Art & Culture Centre including PREPARATION, TRADITIONAL MATERIALS
http://aboriginalart.com.au/gallery/traditional.html

ICE AGE CHEMISTS - from Archaeology Online News - a short article detailing archaeological finds in a French cave
http://www.archaeology.org/online/news/paint.html

MAKING THE DEAD BEAUTIFUL: MUMMIES AS ART - from Archaeology Online News
http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/chinchorro/

Death: the last taboo - from Australian Museum
http://www.deathonline.net/disposal/burial/malagan.cfm

Period Cosmetics - from the Society for Creative Anachronism
http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/wsnlinks/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=564

Cave Painting - from Art History Club
http://www.arthistoryclub.com/art_history/Cave_painting

The Cave of Lascaux - a virtual trip to the famous caves of Lascaux in France, view the paintings in charcoal and ochre, also useful for modules: The Acidic Environment and Chemical Monitoring and Management
http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/lascaux/en/

the Chauvet prehistoric cave - from French Ministry of Foreign Affiars, the art work found in this cave is even older than that found at Lascaux
http://www.france.diplomatie.fr/label_france/ENGLISH/SCIENCES/CHAUVET/cha.html

The Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave - from Ministry of Culture and Communication
http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/chauvet/en/

Carnarvon Gorge Rock Art Site - A place for looking at pictures of rock art, from EPA QLD
http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/cultural_heritage/heritage_tourism/carnarvon_gorge_rock_art/

Pigment - from Art History Club, scroll to Painting Pigments
http://www.arthistoryclub.com/art_history/Pigments

Pigments and Paints: A Brief Survey and Set of Instructions On Making and Identifying Period Illumination Paints - a fascinating article on pigments, their origin and instructions for preparation
http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Library/2036/art/pgpnt.htm

synthetic organic pigments - from Watercolours at handprint
http://www.handprint.com/HP/WCL/water.html

Paint - web page from Art History Club
http://www.arthistoryclub.com/art_history/Paint

Medieval Colors and Modern Paints - lists mediaeval pigments, their composition, probable manufacture and modern equivalent
http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Library/2036/periodcolors.html

A Very Proper Treatise: The Arte Of Limming - An anonymous work of 1573 transcribed into modern English by the hand of Merouda Pendray, detailed information on the preparation of paints using simple separation techniques
http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Library/2036/LIM1.HTM and http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Library/2036/LIM2.HTM

Period Inks -recipes for mediaeval inks
http://www.tirbriste.org/dmir/ScribalArts/period_inks.html

Forty Centuries of Ink - an online book from the World Wide School
http://www.worldwideschool.org/library/books/tech/printing/FortyCenturiesofInk/toc.html

Dyes - from Caveman Chemistry site
http://www.cavemanchemistry.com/cavebook/chdye.html

Theophilus (Glass) includes glazes - from the Caveman to Chemist Projects, Hampden-Sydney College
http://cavemanchemistry.com/cavebook/chglaze.html

Glazes FAQ - origin uncertain
http://users.lmi.net/~drewid/Glaze_FAQ.html

All About stained glass windows - from Nalina Art Glass
http://www.glass.nalinaart.com/evolution.html

Atomic Spectra Database -from NIST
http://physics.nist.gov/PhysRefData/ASD/index.html

Spectral Lines - tutorial from University of Colorado
http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/quantumzone/

David's Whizzy Periodic Table - java applet - Click on element in periodic table to see its electon configutation and and emission spectrum, from University of Colorado
http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/applets/a2.html

Periodic Table showing absorption and emission spectra - from University of Oregon
http://jersey.uoregon.edu/vlab/elements/Elements.html

Atomic Spectra - from Hyperphysics, Georgia State University
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/quantum/atspect.html

About reflectance spectroscopy - from United States Geological Survey
http://speclab.cr.usgs.gov/aboutrefl.html

Raman Tutorial - from Kaiser Optical Systems
http://www.kosi.com/raman/resources/tutorial/

Micro raman nalysis of miniatures - from CSIRO Publishing
http://www.publish.csiro.au/?act=view_file&file_id=SA0402069.pdf

CONFOCAL RAMAN MICROSCOPY OF COLORANTS ON GLAZED OLD MASTER PORTRAITS - .pdf document, from CSIRO Publishing
http://www.publish.csiro.au/?act=view_file&file_id=SA0402073.pdf

Raman Spectroscopy of roman artefacts - from CSIRO Publishing
http://www.publish.csiro.au/?act=view_file&file_id=SA0402283.pdf

Raman Spectroscopy Analyzes Illumination in Gutenberg Bibles - from Using photonics to solve problems of the real world, Phonics.com
http://www.photonics.com/spectra/applications/XQ/ASP/aoaid.386/QX/read.htm

Separation and Identification of Pigments found in Permanent Cosmetic/Tattoo Inks - Article Abstract from FDA Science
http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/oc/scienceforum/sf2005/Search/preview.cfm?abstract_id=367&backto=author

Light Absorption, Reflection, and Transmission - from The Physics Classroom
http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/Class/light/u12l2c.html

Black Light - from Wolfstone Technical Base
http://wolfstone.halloweenhost.com/TechBase/blttip_BlackLightTips.html

Materials that React to Black Light - Wolfstone Technical Base
http://wolfstone.halloweenhost.com/TechBase/bltmat_BlackLightMaterials.html

The Bohr Atom

Bohr Model Applet - from MacGraw Hill
http://www.mhhe.com/physsci/astronomy/applets/Bohr/applet_files/Bohr.html

Bohr Atom Applet - from Michigan State University
http://lectureonline.cl.msu.edu/~mmp/kap29/Bohr/app.htm

The Bohr Model - from Online Journey Through Astronomy, The University of Tennessee
http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/light/bohr.html

Emission in the Bohr atom - a physlet, from Gustavus Adolphus College
http://physics.gac.edu/~chuck/PRENHALL/Chapter%2031/AABXTEI0.html

Electron Configuration - from Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electron_configuration

Electron Shells in Atoms - from Florida State University
http://wine1.sb.fsu.edu/chm1045/notes/Periodic/EShells/Period02.htm

An Introduction to the Electronic Structure of Atoms and Molecules - from McMaster University
http://www.chemistry.mcmaster.ca/esam/Chapter_4/section_3.html

Chemistry of Art: 5. Coloured complex ions - HSC Online
http://hsc.csu.edu.au/chemistry/options/art/2770/ch985.htm

Laboratory Work

Flame Colors as Chemical Indicators - from Hyperphysics, Georgia State University
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/chemical/flame2.html

Colors of elements in a flame - from Chemistry Comes Alive, University of Wisconsin
http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/JCESoft/CCA/CCA2/MAIN/FLAME/CD2R1.HTM

Demonstrations - Coordination compounds - from University of Wisconsin
http://genchem.chem.wisc.edu/demonstrations/Inorganic/pages/Coordination/coordinationmain.htm

Transition metals - from Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transition_metal

Transition Elements
http://www.chemicalelements.com/groups/transition.html

Transition Metals -from ThinkQuest
http://library.thinkquest.org/3659/pertable/trametal.html

Atomic radii of the d-block elements - image from Prenitce Hall
http://cwx.prenhall.com/petrucci/medialib/media_portfolio/text_images/FG24_01.JPG

Pink Disease - from Disabilities Online, caused by mercury poisoning
http://www.disability.vic.gov.au/dsonline/dsarticles.nsf/pages/Pink_disease?OpenDocument

CHELATES AND CHELATING AGENTS- from Science is fun, University of Wisconsin
http://scifun.chem.wisc.edu/chemweek/Chelates/Chelates.html

Transition Metal Elements - from GCSE and Doc Brown's Chemistry Clinic
http://www.docbrown.info/page04/4_75trans.htm

USES OF THE FIRST ROW TRANSITION METALS
http://www.sky-web.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Science/TransMetalUses.htm

Properties of the Transition Elements
http://www.sky-web.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Science/transitionmetals.htm

Atomic Energy Level Diagrams - grotrian diagrams, from Hyperphysics, Georgia State University
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/atomic/grotrian.html#c1

Ionization Energy - from Clackamas Community College Distance Learning
http://dl.clackamas.cc.or.us/ch104-07/ionization_energy.htm

Hund's Rules - from Hyperphysics, Georgia State University
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/atomic/hund.html

Pauli Exclusion Principle - from Hyperphysics, Georgia State University
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/pauli.html

Order of filling of subshells diagram - image from Prentice Hall
http://cwx.prenhall.com/bookbind/pubbooks/hillchem3/medialib/media_portfolio/text_images/CH08/FG08_02.JPG

How to predict electronic configuration - from Online Introductory Chemistry
http://www.800mainstreet.com/33/0003-005-00-electron-conf.htm

Electron Configuration, Block classifications, Atomic radius trends and the Periodic Table - from Online Introductory Chemistry
http://www.800mainstreet.com/33/0003-008-00-elec-per.html

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