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The Secret Lives of Color

Kassia St. Clair

4.09/5 (14254 ratings)

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The Secret Lives of Colour tells the unusual stories of the 75 most fascinating shades, dyes and hues. From blonde to ginger, the brown that changed the way battles were fought to the white that protected against the plague, Picasso's blue period to the charcoal on the cave walls at Lascaux, acid yellow to kelly green, and from scarlet women to imperial purple, these surprising stories run like a bright thread throughout history. In this book Kassia St Clair has turned her lifelong obsession with colours and where they come from (whether Van Gogh's chrome yellow sunflowers or punk's fluorescent pink) into a unique study of human civilisation. Across fashion and politics, art and war, The Secret Lives of Colour tell the vivid story of our culture.

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Pages:: 320 pages

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Edition:: Later Printing, Later prt.

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0143131141

ISBN13:: 9780143131144

kindle Asin:: B01MSCJNN8

The Secret Lives of Color

Kassia St. Clair

4.09/5 (14254 ratings)

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The Secret Lives of Colour tells the unusual stories of the 75 most fascinating shades, dyes and hues. From blonde to ginger, the brown that changed the way battles were fought to the white that protected against the plague, Picasso's blue period to the charcoal on the cave walls at Lascaux, acid yellow to kelly green, and from scarlet women to imperial purple, these surprising stories run like a bright thread throughout history. In this book Kassia St Clair has turned her lifelong obsession with colours and where they come from (whether Van Gogh's chrome yellow sunflowers or punk's fluorescent pink) into a unique study of human civilisation. Across fashion and politics, art and war, The Secret Lives of Colour tell the vivid story of our culture.

Format:

Pages:: 320 pages

Publication:

Publisher:

Edition:: Later Printing, Later prt.

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0143131141

ISBN13:: 9780143131144

kindle Asin:: B01MSCJNN8

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