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Maya Blue: Unlocking the Mysteries of an Ancient Pigment

Maya Blue: Unlocking the Mysteries of an Ancient Pigment We are sincerely grateful to Dr. Dean E. Arnold for writing specially for us this intriguing introduction to the mysterious and unique pigment known as Maya Blue. Dr. Arnold has published extensively about the Maya potters and their craft in Ticul, Yucatan from data collected during his twelve visits over a period of 43 years (1965-2008). He is currently Adjunct Curator of Anthropology at the Field Museum and Professor of Anthropology Eme

Hyperspectral scans of historical pigments and painting reconstructions

Painting Tools and Dataset Processed paint samples, using the Kubelka-Munk model to compute reflection and the painting_tools package to display the RGB values. See the corresponding notebook to understand how these parameters were estimated. This repository contains code and links to data for painting analysis using hyperspectral data. This data can be used in technical art history and computer graphics applications, for example for pigment mapping and spectral upsampling. Code and data for t