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Four Centuries of Color<\/span><\/p>\n

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The human history of color, in two sweeping volumes<\/p>\n

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The earliest forms of human creativity \u2013 in carvings, markings, and cave paintings \u2013 bear witness to humanity\u2019s engagement with color. Almost as old as these examples is the desire to assign structure, order, and meaning to this\u00a0universal yet elusive concept, and it is this fascination that unites the works compiled in this expansive edition.<\/p>\n

Gathering\u00a0over 65 rare books and manuscripts from a wealth of institutions, including the most distinguished color collections worldwide,\u00a0The Book of Colour Concepts\u00a0takes the reader on\u00a0a chromatic odyssey across four centuries and over 1,000 images\u00a0of luscious wheels and globes, painstakingly collated charts, and meticulous diagrams, many of them newly photographed exclusively for this edition. Some of these concepts provide exhaustive taxonomies of color, while others reflect upon the relationship of color and music, or the affinities between color and human emotions.<\/p>\n

Seminal works of color theory, such as\u00a0Isaac Newton\u2019s\u00a0Opticks\u00a0and\u00a0Johann Wolfgang von Goethe\u2019s\u00a0hugely significant\u00a0Zur Farbenlehre, are shown alongside rare and unfamiliar contributions, including the theosophical color systems of\u00a0Charles Webster Leadbeater and Annie Besant, the comprehensive color \u2018dictionary\u2019 of\u00a0Aloys John Maerz and Morris Rea Paul, and the patchwork combinations of the Japanese costume designer and artist\u00a0Sanz\u014d Wada.<\/p>\n

The two volumes also bring many intriguing and often overlooked works by women into the spotlight, including the radically inventive color \u201cblots\u201d of the English flower painter\u00a0Mary Gartside\u00a0and a botanical notebook by the pionieering spiritualist\u00a0Hilma af Klint.<\/p>\n

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The color systems that make up this edition are contextualized by introductory essays from\u00a0editor Alexandra Loske and co-author Sarah Lowengard, while authoritative texts from the editor on the works reproduced set out each concept in further detail. Illuminating the history of color in all its shapes and forms,\u00a0The Book of Colour Concepts\u00a0offers a chromatic chronology unparalleled in scope.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The editor<\/h5>\n
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Alexandra Loske\u00a0<\/strong>is a British-German art historian, writer, and museum curator, with a particular interest in the role of women in the history of colour. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Sussex, and is currently Curator of the Royal Pavilion in Brighton. Loske has lectured and been published widely on colour and other topics, and has curated a number of exhibitions, including \u201cRegency Colour and Beyond, 1785\u20131845\u201d at the Royal Pavilion in 2014.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The contributing author<\/h5>\n
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Sarah Lowengard<\/strong>\u00a0is a historian of technology and science who writes about practical and philosophical engagements with colour. A practicing art conservator for more than 40 years and an artisan colour-maker for even longer, Lowengard is a member of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Cooper Union in New York City, and maintains affiliation with several technical art history and analytical art organizations in the United States and abroad.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Book of Colour Concepts<\/h5>\n

Hardcover, two vols. in slipcase,\u00a024.3\u00a0x\u00a030.4\u00a0cm,\u00a0<\/span>6.27 kg,\u00a0<\/span>846\u00a0pages<\/span><\/p>\n

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ISBN\u00a0978-3-8365-9565-0<\/p>\n

Edition: Multilingual (English, French, German, Spanish)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Data publicarii: <\/span>2024<\/div>\n
Editura: <\/span>Taschen<\/div>\n
Hardcover<\/div>\n
Nr. pagini: <\/span>846<\/div>\n
ISBN: <\/span>9783836595650<\/div>\n
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