John Gage

Colour in Art

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A wide-ranging and engaging introduction to the place and power of color in life and art by John Gage, author of the award-winning Color and Culture.

Produktdetails

• World of Art
• Verlag: Thames & Hudson Ltd
• New Edition
• Seitenzahl: 231
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. September 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 211mm x 151mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 502g
• ISBN-13: 9780500297339
• ISBN-10: 0500297339
• Artikelnr.: 67401543

Autorenporträt

John Gage was an acknowledged international authority on the history of art and colour, and wrote many books on the subject, including Colour and Meaning and the award-winning Colour and Culture, both published by Thames & Hudson. He was Head of the Department of History of Art at Cambridge University from 1992 to 1995. Kelly Grovier is a feature writer for BBC Culture and the author of several acclaimed studies on art, including A New Way of Seeing: The History of Art in 57 Works (2018) and The Art of Colour (2023), both published by Thames & Hudson

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Introduction
1. Light from Colour ¿ Colour from Light
2. A Psychology of Colour?
3. The Shape of Colour
4. The Health of Colours
5. Languages of Colour
6. Can Colours Signify?
7. The Union of the Senses
8. Colour Trouble
Glossary
Bibliography
Illustration list
Index