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available on the German book market or from the author hardcover high-quality colour print Language: English Size: 19 x 27 cm 200 pages, 190 images, mostly colour Publisher: Books on Demand, Norderstedt ISBN: 978-3-7494-1988-3 Price incl. German VAT: 76,80 € plus shipping costs Payment only by advance payment (bank transfer) or Paypal

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The use of the colour blue in historical shipbuilding raises many questions. Which pigments and colours were available and how were they used? What was used in shipbuilding? Join us on a fascinating journey back over 5,500 years from the discovery of the first blue pigments to modern times. A wealth of sources and pictorial materials round off the well-researched text. Be surprised by the long history of the colour blue and its rôle in shipbuilding.

The Colour Blue in Historic Shipbuilding

from antiquity to modern times

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The English editing is done by the well-known maritime textbook author David Antscherl !

1 Introduction 2 Historical and social developments of the color blue 3 Blue color science 3.1 A short digression on Colour Theory 3.2 The Pigment History of the Color Blue 3.3 Common, historical binders 3.4 Painting methods, then and now 3.5 Blue colors in time 4 Application of blue colour 4.1 Blue wood coatings for historic buildings 4.2 Comparative monetary valuation 4.3 Lessons from Vasa 4.4 Application in historical shipbuilding 5 Blue in Ancient Shipbuilding 5.1 Aegean shipbuilding 5.2 Ships in ancient Egypt 5.3 The Hellenistic Period 5.4 The Roman period 5.5 Shipbuilding in the other Mediterranean region 5.6 Specialities in antiquity 5.7 Blue in antiquity 5.8 Colourfulness in antiquity 6 Blue in medieval shipbuilding 6.1 Before the Viking Age 6.2 Early ships and boats 6.3 Vikings 6.4 The Norman era 6.5 Galleys in England 6.6 The Early Period of the Hanseatic League 6.7 Ships in the Mediterranean Sea 6.8 Blue colours in the Middle Ages

7 Blue in shipbuilding of Far Eastern cultures 7.1 China 7.2 Junks in Vietnam 7.3 Korea 7.4 Japan 7.5 India 7.6 Blue in the Far East 7.7 The Indian Ocean and Mediterranean Dhow 7.8 Pacific and Indian Ocean boats 8 Blue in early modern shipbuilding 8.1 Development of artistic design in shipbuilding 8.2 Regional preferences for colors 8.3 England 8.4 Dutch shipbuilding 8.5 France 8.6 Germany 8.7 Spain 8.8 Sweden 8.9 The Russian Fleet 8.10 Blue in modern times 9 To the good end