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During Picasso’s blue period, the famed Spanish artist had no trouble finding an array of hues to create spectacular paintings. But that wasn’t the case for artists prior to the 1700s until a pharmacist accidentally synthesized a cheap blue pigment, changing the landscape for painters and others. Stories like the history of the color blue and the science behind it are the crux of a course called “Chemistry in Art” taught by Florida State University Professor of Chemistry Michael Shatruk. Read more ...
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