UmberLore
Visual art history, checked against the record
What is UmberLore?
UmberLore is visual art history, checked against the record. It covers paintings, buildings, pigments and forgeries, and what the holding institutions actually say about them. The writing stays with the record: the painting, the building, the pigment, the forgery question, and the statement from the museum or archive that holds the work.
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