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Colour and culture : practice and meaning from antiquity to abstraction
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ISBN: 9780500278185 0500278180 Year: 2012 Publisher: London Thames and Hudson

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This work considers every conceivable 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 relgious significance, and the role of colour today.

Color and meaning : art, science, and symbolism
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ISBN: 0500282153 9780500282151 9780520226111 Year: 1999 Publisher: London : Thames & Hudson,

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Is colour just a physiological phenomenon ? Does it have an effect on feelings ? This vividly written book, the sequel to the award-winning Colour and Culture, is ultimately informed by the conviction that the meaning of colour lies in the particular historical context in which it is experienced and interpreted.John Gage explores the mysteries of themes as diverse as the optical mixing techniques implicit in mosaic, colour-languages in Latin America at the time of the Spanish Conquest and the ideas of Goethe and Runge, Blake and Turner. For students and lecturers in the history of art and culture, for artists and designers, and for psychologists and scientists with a special interest in the subject, John Gage has produced a compelling study of the meaning of colour through the ages.

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