David Batchelor
The Luminous and the Grey
- ISBN 13:
- 9781780232805
- author:
- David Batchelor
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Reaktion Books
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2014
- Pages:
- 128
- Dimensions:
- 14.7 x 1.3 x 21 cm
- Genre:
- Art, Architecture & Photography, Painting & Drawing, Techniques & Tools
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Color surrounds us: lush green hues of trees and grasses, variant blues of water and sky, bright pops of yellow and red from flowers. Yet, color lies at the limits of language and understanding. In this thought-provoking study, David Batchelor explores the ambiguous terrain of color, probing its origins and limitations in both imagination and material world. He draws on a range of disciplines, including neuroscience, philosophy, literature, film, and art, to understand how we see and use colors. The result is a nuanced exploration of color's role in creation myths, industrial chemistry, optics, and the modern city. Batchelor's examination of grey reveals it as much a mood, feeling, and existential condition as a shade we experience with our eyes. A beautifully argued and thought-provoking book that invites readers to reconsider their relationship with the world around them.
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