The Secret Lives of Colour Radio 4'S Book of The Week
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The unforgettable history of colours and the vivid stories behind them in a beautiful multi-coloured volume ''A mind-expanding tour of the world without leaving your paintbox. Every colour has a story...
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The unforgettable history of colours and the vivid stories behind them in a beautiful multi-coloured volume ''A mind-expanding tour of the world without leaving your paintbox. Every colour has a story, and here are some of the most alluring, alarming, and thought-provoking. Very hard painting the hallway magnolia after this inspiring primer.'' Simon GarfieldThe Secret Lives of Colour tells the unusual stories of the 75 most fascinating shades, dyes and hues. From blonde to ginger, the brown that changed the way battles were fought to the white that protected against the plague, Picasso''s blue period to the charcoal on the cave walls at Lascaux, acid yellow to kelly green, and from scarlet women to imperial purple, these surprising stories run like a bright thread throughout history. In this book Kassia St Clair has turned her lifelong obsession with colours and where they come from (whether Van Gogh''s chrome yellow sunflowers or punk''s fluorescent pink) into a unique study of human civilisation. Across fashion and politics, art and war, The Secret Lives of Colour tell the vivid story of our culture.
Detaljer
Forlag
John Murray Publishers Ltd
ISBN
9781473630819
Sprog
Engelsk
Sider
320
Udgivelsesdato
20-10-2016
Format
Hardback
Varenr.
2474513
EAN nr.
9781473630819
Varegruppe
Engelsk non fiction div.
Højde/Dybde (mm)
30
Bredde (mm)
219
Længde (mm)
147
Vægt (g)
734