A growing literate elite created a demand for both richly decorated prayer books and volumes on secular topics

and directed the documentary film Black White + Gray

American painters and graphic artists of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries sought inspiration for their work in the uniquely American experience of history and nature

Teige increasingly turned his attention to architecture

and the author of The British Museum Book of Greek and Roman Art

Infrared Spectroscopy in Conservation Science GRI A growing literate elite createdMichele R. Derrick, Dusan C. Stulik, and James M. Landry This book provides practical information on the use of infrared spectroscopy for the analysis of materials found in cultural objects. Designed for scientists and students in the fields of archaeology, art conservation, microscopy, forensics, chemistry, and optics, the book discusses techniques for examining the microscopic amounts of complex, aged components in objects such as paintings,