The History of Color
A Universe of Chromatic Phenomena
by Neil Parkinson
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Pub Date Sep 26 2023 | Archive Date Jul 18 2023
Quarto Publishing Group – White Lion | Frances Lincoln
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Description
Color is fundamental to our experience and understanding of the world. It crosses continents and cultures, disciplines and decades. It is used to convey information and knowledge, to evoke mood, and to inspire emotion.
This book explores the history of our understanding of color, from the ancient world to the present, from Aristotle to Albers. Interspersed in the historical story are numerous thematic essays that look at how color has been used across a wide range of disciplines and fields: in food, music, language and many others.
The illustrations are drawn from the Royal College of Art’s renowned Colour Reference Library which spans six centuries of works and nearly 2,000 titles, from a Gothic manuscript on the composition of the rainbow to hand-painted Enlightenment works on color theory and vibrant 20th-century color charts, including many fascinating examples not seen in other books.
Delving far and wide in this fascinating and varied subject, this book will help readers find new layers of meaning and complexity in their everyday experiences and teach them to look closer at our colorful lives.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9780711288843 |
| PRICE | $28.00 (USD) |
| PAGES | 256 |
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Featured Reviews
Pauline S, Reviewer
This book is a history of color and how humanity interacts with it. It goes over many attempts to define colors, devise ways to organize them, and to see how they can best interact and harmonize with each other. It also goes over the history of some colors and how they were discovered and used (including the history of natural and synthetic dyes).
This book was absolutely fascinating. I loved reading the history of the different color systems included in this. I had no idea that the history of colors and how they have been categorized and used was so complex. This book really takes a deep dive into color history and I loved reading about all of it. The book bounces back and forth between the history and how color is used in various things like food and medicine and fashion. There was so much in here that I had no idea about before. There were many illustrations throughout the book to help show the different theories that were talked about and it really helped with understanding each color theory that was talked about.
Overall this book was just amazing. I highly recommend it for fans of non fiction, especially anyone artistically minded.
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