A Cultural History of Color in the Age of Industry
Download or Read eBook A Cultural History of Color in the Age of Industry PDF written by David B. Wharton and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-08-31 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : David B. Wharton |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 305 |
| Release | : 2022-08-31 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781474273350 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1474273351 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (50 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis A Cultural History of Color in the Age of Industry by : David B. Wharton
Book excerpt: "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"--
