The Colours of Alula: Pigments of the Desert
Artifice Press
The Colours of Alula: Pigments of the Desert
£24.95
Unit price perNestled within a landscape of brilliantly coloured mountains, deep wadis, and desert sands in northwest Saudi Arabia is the fertile oasis of AlUla. This green haven is home to a thriving artistic community and a unique education programme rooted in local traditions and materials and delivered in partnership with The King's Foundation School of Traditional Arts and the Royal Commission for AlUla at Madrasat Addeera, AlUla's first art and design centre.
The Colours of AlUla: Pigments of the Desert celebrates a beautiful land and its rising generation of artists who, like their ancestors, draw inspiration from the region's natural surroundings. A wonderful resource for any artist wishing to source colours from the earth, this book integrates the practical and the philosophical, exploring pigments, colours, traditional recipes, and the cosmological luminosity of handmade paint.
This book is part of a long-term creative collaboration between The King's Foundation School of Traditional Arts - one of His Majesty King Charles III's educational charities dedicated to the preservation of traditional knowledge of the world's arts and crafts - and the Royal Commission of AlUla - whose mission is to transform AlUla in Saudi Arabia into a global destination for heritage, culture, and nature while preserving its archaeological sites, natural landscapes, and traditions.
The Colours of Alula: Pigments of the Desert
The Colours of Alula: Pigments of the Desert
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£24.95
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Nestled within a landscape of brilliantly coloured mountains, deep wadis, and desert sands in northwest Saudi Arabia is the fertile oasis of AlUla. This green haven is home to a thriving artistic community and a unique education programme rooted in local traditions and materials and delivered in partnership with The King's Foundation School of Traditional Arts and the Royal Commission for AlUla at Madrasat Addeera, AlUla's first art and design centre.
The Colours of AlUla: Pigments of the Desert celebrates a beautiful land and its rising generation of artists who, like their ancestors, draw inspiration from the region's natural surroundings. A wonderful resource for any artist wishing to source colours from the earth, this book integrates the practical and the philosophical, exploring pigments, colours, traditional recipes, and the cosmological luminosity of handmade paint.
This book is part of a long-term creative collaboration between The King's Foundation School of Traditional Arts - one of His Majesty King Charles III's educational charities dedicated to the preservation of traditional knowledge of the world's arts and crafts - and the Royal Commission of AlUla - whose mission is to transform AlUla in Saudi Arabia into a global destination for heritage, culture, and nature while preserving its archaeological sites, natural landscapes, and traditions.
- Part of a long-term creative collaboration between The King's Foundation School of Traditional Arts and the Royal Commission for AlUla
- A book by Dr David Cranswick with contributions by Dr Desmond Lazaro and Jan Freedman
- Published by Artifice Press
- Hardback
- Colour photography throughout
- 127 pages
- ISBN: 9781911339588
- Size: H:20cm; L:25.5cm
- 630g
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