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Cargando... The World According to Color: A Cultural History (edición 2022)por James Fox (Autor)
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. History as seen through a very specific lens is one of my favorite things. Color is another one of my favorite things. Naturally, this book did not disappoint. ( ) An excellent, wide ranging cultural history of color. Fox focuses on seven colors: black, red, white, yellow, blue, purple and green, taking in science (optics, chemistry, biology), perception, meaning and symbolism across cultures and time. There are religious social and ideological considerations, such as history of white’s association with purity, skin color and cleanliness that led to racism. This is also about psychology, sociology, history, philosophy, chemistry, alchemy, politics, art … you name it, James Fox has got it covered I adore books that leave the reader filled with obscure facts that I can then pass on to everyone I know.. Though filled with fascinating facts this is far from boring or stuffy and does NOT come off as a lecture to trudge through as other nonfiction sometimes can read. I highly recommend this book to absolutely everyone! Its impossible to read this book and not come away with something wonderful. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
"A kaleidoscopic exploration that traverses history, literature, art, and science to reveal humans' unique and vibrant relationship with color. We have an extraordinary connection to color-we give it meanings, associations, and properties that last millennia and span cultures, continents, and languages. In The World According to Color, James Fox takes seven main colors-black, red, yellow, blue, white, purple, and green-and uncovers behind each a root idea, based on visual resemblances and common symbolism throughout history. Through a series of stories and vignettes, the book then traces these meanings to show how they morphed and multiplied and, ultimately, how they reveal a great deal about the societies that produced them: reflecting and shaping their hopes, fears, prejudices, and preoccupations. Fox also examines the science of how our eyes and brains interpret light and color, and shows how this is inherently linked with the meanings we give to hue. And using his background as an art historian, he explores many of the milestones in the history of art-from Bronze Age gold-work to Turner, Titian to Yves Klein-in a fresh way. Fox also weaves in literature, philosophy, cinema, archaeology, and art-moving from Monet to Marco Polo, early Japanese ink artists to Shakespeare and Goethe to James Bond. By creating a new history of color, Fox reveals a new story about humans and our place in the universe: second only to language, color is the greatest carrier of cultural meaning in our world"-- No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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