Clair, Kassia St
The Secret Lives of Color
- ISBN 13:
- 9780143131144
- author:
- Clair, Kassia St
- format:
- HardBack
- publisher:
- Penguin Books
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2017
- Pages:
- 320
- Dimensions:
- 21.34 x 13.97 x 2.79 centimetres
- Genre:
- Arts & Photography, Art, Color Theory,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
The Secret Lives of Color is a dazzling gift that reveals the unknown history of colors and the stories behind them. This beautifully written book tells the unusual stories of seventy-five fascinating shades, dyes, and hues, from blonde to ginger, and from acid yellow to kelly green.
From the brown that changed the way battles were fought to the white that protected against the plague, and from Picasso's blue period to the charcoal on the cave walls at Lascaux, these surprising stories run like a bright thread throughout history. Kassia St. Clair has turned her lifelong obsession with colors and where they come from into a unique study of human civilization.
Across fashion and politics, art and war, the secret lives of color tell the vivid story of our culture, leaving you bathed in the gorgeous optics of light.
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