The Deadly Art of Seeing Green

The Deadly Art of Seeing Green

Toxic History! by Adam Blumenberg MD
S1 · E40
Apr 23, 2025
15:36

Episode notes

The goal of bringing the full color spectrum onto the canvas is important to artists but many of the early compounds had significant toxicity. The talk will discuss the adverse effects from some of the heavy metals found in early pigments.

Keywords

Arsenic
Green
Pain
Art
Napoleon