Colour and Culture : Practice and Meaning from Antiquity to Abstraction

By:

John Gage

Language: English Publication details: Thames & Hudson Description: 335 pagesISBN:

9780500278185

DDC classification:

709/GAG/2012

Summary: Unfamiliar texts from all periods are featured, from the treatise that inspired Van Gogh to physicians' scales of hair and urine colours, and fresh light is thrown on the hidden meanings of many familiar masterpieces. The 20th century is often called the period when colour has finally come into its own. This is an attempt to examine what this claim means, and to suggest answers to many perennial questions about the role of colour.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Books	KM Library	Non-fiction	709/GAG/2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	6767		KM19010134

Unfamiliar texts from all periods are featured, from the treatise that inspired Van Gogh to physicians' scales of hair and urine colours, and fresh light is thrown on the hidden meanings of many familiar masterpieces. The 20th century is often called the period when colour has finally come into its own. This is an attempt to examine what this claim means, and to suggest answers to many perennial questions about the role of colour.

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