Posted on Nov 8, 2006

Louisa Matthew, professor of Art History, spoke on “Color in Renaissance Venice: Taste, Technology, Commerce and the Uses of Pigments” at Skidmore College as a Mellon Visiting Fellow. Her talk was based on recent research in the State Archives in Venice and her ongoing collaboration with Barbara Berrie, chemist and senior research scientist at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.