History of Pigment Wars: from the Battle for Dunhuang Minerals to the Secret War on Acrylic Patents
by Du Fei
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"The History of Pigment Wars: From the Battle for Dunhuang Minerals to the Secret War for Acrylic Patents" is an alternative history that reveals the bloody game behind color. This book uses pigments as clues to connect the unknown conquests, conspiracies and technological secret wars in human civilization - from the blood and tears of lapis lazuli slaves in Dunhuang murals, to the poison workshops of the Venetian School of Renaissance; from the colonial era when Europe was dyed red with millions of Brazilian mahogany trees. From aristocratic skirts to synthetic dyes that caused explosions and cancer in the Industrial Revolution; from military pigment formulas stolen by the KGB during the Cold War to Pantone's color monopoly on global commerce in the digital age... Pigments are not only the carrier of art, but also weapons of power and wealth.
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