Mauclerc

Dreux (called Mauclerc, from his animosity to the clergy), and from them descended the dukes of Brittany down to Queen Anne, whose double marriage conveyed the duchy to France and the Valois.

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Newton's reputation notwithstanding, Mauclerc claimed the prism had fooled him into finding seven principal colors when there were only three.

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A good varnish is one that will not separate, Mauclerc stated, because the ingredients have formed an indivisible union: his theory of varnishmaking is also a theory of chemical combination. 23 Complete joining of the materials is only certain when there has been effervesce.

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It was not the materials inherent in a pigment — the dirts, sulfurs, and salts identified by Mauclerc — that damaged paintings.

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Mauclerc also noted that Watin had a collaborator and advisor, and that man was no scientist either.

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Yet despite Watin's criticism that his understanding and skill was insufficient, Mauclerc insisted that relevant personal experiences supported his beliefs and that they had shaped his theories.

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As in the writing of Mauclerc and Watin (and in that of William Lewis, Robert Dossie, and others), a stated goal in Palmer's work is to improve the arts by introducing and solidifying connections to the sciences. reference As part of the proof of his system, Palmer again turns to the work both of painters and of dyers to assess and explain.

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A consequence of this false understanding, Mauclerc states, is the equally false conclusion that black and white must be primitive colors.

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It was the duty of people like Mauclerc and Watin to teach others to recognize and expose false instructions and false reasoning. 44 That required an understanding of sciences as well as a knowledge of arts.

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Without the effervescent stage, Mauclerc claimed, the ingredients in such mixtures retain their own natural state.

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