Colored Dust: The Search for Beautiful and Everlasting Pigments
about
Art historian Rebekah Compton will present a lecture on the virtues and vices of pigments in 15th and 16th century Italy.
When
Thursday, May 7, 2026
5:00-6:00PM
Where
Gilman Auditorium, Hood Museum of Art
sponsor
Art History Department, Hood Museum of Art
Intended Audience(s)
Public
details
Rebekah Compton, Associate Professor of Art History at College of Charleston, will present a lecture that dives into the virtues and vices of pigments in the 15th and 16th centuries in Italy, looking at the trade, circulation, and value of the sources of color. This talk is co-sponsored by the Hood Museum of Art and the Department of Art History Department at Dartmouth.
For more information, contact:
Art History
art.history@dartmouth.edu
Permanent URL: https://hoodmuseum.dartmouth.edu/events/event?event=80761