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Дэн Маргулис, в своей рассылке:Cyan colorants have historically been extremely expensive. Any painting from about the twelfth to sixteenth centuries that features vivid blues is almost certainly church-supported, because the pigments were based on the very costly lapis lazuli gemstone. Only the Vatican and similar repositories of wealth could afford to allow their artists to use it. [...]
In the 18th century, the Sevres factory in France produced the most opulent porcelain that the world had seen before or since. Not surprising, since their patron was King Louis XV, to whom cost was no object. Inlaid gold, intricate artwork, you name it. I may have done the conversion badly but as nearly as I can tell, if you were a contemporary Frenchman wishing to buy a dinner service for twelve of Sevres porcelain, it would cost well over a million dollars in today's money.
One of the best ways to make the product as expensive as possible -- which seems to have been the whole idea -- was to make lavish use of the most costly colorants. So, many patterns would not be described as having a white base at all, but rather are predominantly an eyepopping color that is misnamed "celestial blue". It's really a cyan, but deeper and purer even than 100c0m0y in good printing conditions.
Есть у всего этого оттенок анекдота про новых русских и галстук, который за углом можно было найти на 500 долларов дороже.
In the 18th century, the Sevres factory in France produced the most opulent porcelain that the world had seen before or since. Not surprising, since their patron was King Louis XV, to whom cost was no object. Inlaid gold, intricate artwork, you name it. I may have done the conversion badly but as nearly as I can tell, if you were a contemporary Frenchman wishing to buy a dinner service for twelve of Sevres porcelain, it would cost well over a million dollars in today's money.
One of the best ways to make the product as expensive as possible -- which seems to have been the whole idea -- was to make lavish use of the most costly colorants. So, many patterns would not be described as having a white base at all, but rather are predominantly an eyepopping color that is misnamed "celestial blue". It's really a cyan, but deeper and purer even than 100c0m0y in good printing conditions.
Есть у всего этого оттенок анекдота про новых русских и галстук, который за углом можно было найти на 500 долларов дороже.