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19. Shiyanthi Thavapalan: Colour in Mesopotamia
Shiyanthi throws light on how colour was interpreted in Mesopotamia. What cultural meanings were attached to colours? What was the relation between materials and colours? She explains where they sourced their pigments and how they made paints.
2:26 Mesopotamia as a colourful place
6:01 How they saw colour
12:00 How we know about colour
14:47 Materials and colour
16:56 Sources of pigments
21:56 Experimental archaeology
23:33 The meaning of colours
Music by Ruba Hillawi
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