Colour And Culture Practice And Meaning From Antiquity To Abstraction

Author: John Gage

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Price : 85.00 NZD
ISBN : 9780500278185
Publisher : Thames & Hudson Ltd
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Weight (g) : 1.89
Publication date : October 1995
Dimensions : 280mm X 250mm
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Author : John Gage
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Dewey classification : 701.8509
Pages : 336
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Illustrations : 223 illustrations, 120 in colour
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Description

Revised and updated, this work considers every aspect of the subject in an analysis of colour in Western culture. It describes the first theories of colour, articulated by philosophers from Democritus to Aristotle, as well as looking at its religious significance, and the role of colour today.

Awards

Winner of Mitchell Prize for the History of Art 1994.