Chloë AshbyColors of Art
The Story of Art in 80 Palettes
Chloë Ashby is a writer and editor. Since graduating from the Courtauld Institute of Art, she has written about art and culture for the TLS, Guardian, FT Life & Arts, Spectator, Apollo, frieze and others. She is the author of The Colours of Art: The Story of Art in 80 Colour Palettes, which will be published by Frances Lincoln in spring 2022. Her short fiction has appeared in The London Magazine and The Fairlight Book of Short Stories. Her first novel, Wet Paint, will be published by Trapeze, also in spring 2022. www.chloeashby.com
Introduction
Color me in
First impressions Prehistoric and ancient art
Ordering the world The Renaissance
Cutting loose Baroque and Rococo
Keeping it real 17th-century Dutch painting
Two sides of a coin Neoclassicism and Romanticism
Let there be light Impressionism
On the edge of the spectrum From Pre-Raphaelites to Postimpressionists
Express yourself Expressionism
Seeing it feelingly Abstract Expressionism and color-field painting
Show some restraint Monochrome and Minimalism
By popular demand Pop Art and the Pictures generation
Here and now 1970s to the present
Further reading
Picture credits
Index
Acknowledgments
About the author
