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- Mummy brown - Wikipedia
Mummy brown was one of the favourite colours of the Pre-Raphaelites [6] It was used by many artists, including Eugène Delacroix, William Beechey, Edward Burne-Jones, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, and Martin Drolling
- The life and death of Mummy Brown - Journal of ART in SOCIETY
Mummy Brown was a remarkable pigment that had its origins in ancient Egypt and became popular in European painting from about the sixteenth century To many people’s surprise, shock, or even disgust, it was exactly what its name implied – a rich brown pigment made primarily from the flesh of mummies
- The corpse on the canvas: the story of mummy brown paint - Art UK
Mummy brown paint (also known as 'Caput Mortuum' – which translates to 'dead man's head' – or 'Egyptian Brown') is made from grinding up the ancient Egyptian dead
- Ground Up Mummies Were Once an Ingredient in Paint
The brown paint the artists used was called Mummy Brown, because it was actually made out of ground up Egyptian mummies
- Mummy Brown: The art world’s most morbid medium
Informed by a sample of Mummy Brown from the Winsor Newton archive, we uncover the pigment’s bizarre and unsettling history, from its origins to its eventual fall from grace
- Mummy Brown – 16th Century Paint Made from Ground Up Mummies
The ground bones of ancient Egyptian mummies were used to create a unique shade of paint known as Mummy Brown used in 19th century paintings
- The Horrific History of “Mummy Brown” | Dusty Old Thing
Beginning in the 1600s, mummies shipped from Egypt were treated in a ghastly manner and many were used “mummy brown” The Victorian fascination with the death, the supernatural, and the occult is well documented
- Lunchtime Talk: The Materiality and Myth of Mummy Brown Paint
Made from ground-up mummified remains, “mummy brown” was a popular pigment with the Pre-Raphaelite artists They thought it was particularly suited for replicating flesh tones and hair, and considered it perfect for capturing the essence of red-haired muses, in their masterpieces
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