Uncivilisation 2011 | the sustainability centre, hampshire: 19 - 21 August 2011 | Uncivilisation 2011 271 Years Before Pantone, an Artist Mixed and Described Every Color Imaginable in an 800-Page Book In 1692 an artist known only as “A. Boogert” sat down to write a book in Dutch about mixing watercolors. Not only would he begin the book with a bit about the use of color in painting, but would go on to explain how to create certain hues and change the tone by adding one, two, or three parts of water. The premise sounds simple enough, but the final product is almost unfathomable in its detail and scope. Spanning nearly 800 completely handwritten (and painted) pages, Traité des couleurs servant à la peinture à l’eau, was probably the most comprehensive guide to paint and color of its time. It’s hard not to compare the hundreds of pages of color to its contemporary equivalent, the Pantone Color Guide, which wouldn’t be published for the first time until 1963. The entire book is viewable in high resolution here, and you can read a description of it here (it appears E-Corpus might have crashed for the moment).
Medicine Buddha Sangha guptaoption Antiquities of the Illuminati :: Grey Lodge Occult Review :: Freedom is a Two-edged Sword :: These rights must be counterbalanced by certain responsibilities. The liberal accepting them must guarantee these rights to all others at all times, regardless of his personal feelings or interests. He must work to establish and protect them, live in a manner commensurate with them and be prepared to defend them with his life. He must refuse allegiance to any state or organization which denies these rights and he should aid and encourage all who, without qualification or equivocation, endorse them. He must refuse to compromise these principles on any issue or for any reason. It must also be understood that we cannot force man's rights upon him. Freedom, like charity, begins at home. He must smelt these ores in the fire of life; forge his own sword, temper it and sharpen it against the hard abrasive of experience. He may then find himself in a difficult predicament. Many liberals are familiar with this situation but few seem to have deduced the conclusion. Freedom is a two-edged sword.
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