Screen LibraryA cultural history of color. Volume 4, In the age of Enlightenment /
"A Cultural History of Color presents a history of 5000 years of color in western culture. The first systematic and comprehensive history, the work examines how color has been perceived, developed, produced and traded, and how it has been used in all aspects of performance - from the political...
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| Published: |
Bloomsbury Academic,
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| Publisher Address: | London, UK : |
| Publication Dates: | 2021. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"A Cultural History of Color presents a history of 5000 years of color in western culture. The first systematic and comprehensive history, the work examines how color has been perceived, developed, produced and traded, and how it has been used in all aspects of performance - from the political to the religious to the artistic - and how it shapes all we see, from food and nature to interiors and architecture, to objects and art, to fashion and adornment, to the color of the naked human body, and to the way our minds work and our languages are created"-- |
| Carrier Form: | x, 252 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781474273725 1474273726 9781474273732 1474273734 |
| Index Number: | QC495 |
| CLC: | J063-09 |
| Call Number: | J063-09/C968/v.4 |