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Vermilion is a brilliant red or scarlet pigment originally made from the powdered mineral cinnabar, and is also the name of the resulting color.〔''Shorter Oxford English Dictionary'' (2002), 5th Edition, Oxford University Press.〕 It was widely used in the art and decoration of Ancient Rome, in the illuminated manuscripts of the Middle Ages, in the paintings of the Renaissance, as sindoor in India, and in the art and lacquerware of China.〔Gettens, R. J., Feller, R. L. & Chase, W. T., ''Artists' Pigments: A Handbook of their History and Characteristics'', New York: Oxford University Press, 1993, p. 159〕 ==In art and culture== File:Villa of Mysteries (Pompeii)-20.jpg|The bright vermilion murals in the Villa of Mysteries in Pompeii (before 79 AD) were painted with ground and powdered cinnabar, the most expensive red pigment of the time. File:Masaccio, pala colonna, santi girolamo e giovanni battista.jpg|The painting of Saint Jerome by Masaccio (1428–29) featured a vivid robe painted with vermilion.〔David Bamford and Ashok Roy, ''A Closer Look: Colour'' (2009), National Gallery Company Limited (ISBN 978 1 85709 442 8)〕 File:Girart de Roussillon (full page).jpg|A page of the Roman de Girart de Roussillon (1450). Both vermilion and minium, or red lead, were used in Medieval manuscripts. Vermilion, as expensive as gilding, was usually reserved for the most important illustrations or designs. File:Tizian 041.jpg|The Venetian painter Titian used vermilion for dramatic effect. In the ''Assumption of the Virgin'' (1516–18) the vermilion robes draw the eye to the main characters. File:Lacquerware-roundbox-w-children.jpg | A "Chinese red" lacquerware roundbox from the Qing dynasty (1736-1795), from the National Museum of China in Beijing. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vermilion」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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