From making epic mountainscapes out of semi-precious stones to highlighting the overlooked, this artist’s mission is simple: ...

The particles of the rare lapis lazuli pigment likely collected as she touched the end of her brush with her tongue. The researchers say it shows women were more involved in the illumination of ...

Magnified view of lapis lazuli particles embedded within medieval dental calculus. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Jan. 9th, 2019, issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS.

May 30 - With a putty knife, Erik Rieger scrapes the thick vermillion paint oozing down the chute of a production mill and returns it to the rollers for more processing. Vermillion, he says, is "the ...

Lapis lazuli (left) and scribe’s teeth (right)(Courtesy Christina Warinner) Portrait of Hildegard of Bingen, 12th-century author Ultramarine, a brilliant blue pigment, was so dearly coveted in ...

For the second edition of TimeForArt, the biennial watch auction supporting contemporary art and artists, some 25 esteemed ...

Emulating the traditional fresco painting techniques of ancient Rome, she used several layers of marble dust, acrylic varnish, as well as historical pigments like ochre and lapis lazuli. Born in 1949 ...