Colour and culture : practice and meaning from antiquity to abstraction
Gage, John2009
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John Gage considers every conceivable aspect of colour. Unfamiliar texts from all periods are featured, from the treatise that inspired Van Gogh to physician's scales of hair and urine colours, and fresh light is thrown on the hidden meanings of many familiar masterpieces.
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London : Thames & Hudson, 2009.
Collation:
336 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 28 cm.
Series title:
60th anniversary edition ; no. 4
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Originally published: 1993.
ISBN:
9780500600283 (pbk)0500600287 (pbk)
Dewey class:
701.85
Language:
English
BRN:
3841892
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