Using lapis lazuli to get ultramarine pigment
From Kathleen Steiger, an article from Art Daily on how painters in the past used lapis lazuli to make ultramarine pigment:
ULTRAMARINE – How did the old masters make their ultramarine
paint
China Celestial Horse Object File
(The above is an older OOM. On artsmia.org, find the object in the collection, then also click to its “ArtStories” link for additional details.)
Until Now: Collecting the New (1960-2010)
Until_Now_Acquisitions_final_Part 1
Until_Now_Acquisitions_final_Part 2
2010_05_05 Siah Armajani Gallery Talk notes
Reviving Realism docent training:
Poptical docent training: