The Book of Colour Concepts
£150.00
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Through two volumes, presented in a slipcover, The Book of Colour Concepts takes the reader on a chromatic journey across four centuries. Over 1,000 images of luscious wheels and globes, painstakingly collated charts, and meticulous diagrams are included, reflecting humanity’s engagement with colour and the desire to assign structure, order, and meaning to this universal yet elusive concept.
Dimensions
30cm (11in) x 24cm (9in)
Features
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Through two volumes, presented in a slipcover, The Book of Colour Concepts takes the reader on a chromatic journey across four centuries. Over 1,000 images of luscious wheels and globes, painstakingly collated charts, and meticulous diagrams are included, reflecting humanity’s engagement with colour and the desire to assign structure, order, and meaning to this universal yet elusive concept.
Insights
The two volumes also bring many intriguing and often overlooked works by women into the spotlight, including the radically inventive color “blots” of the English flower painter Mary Gartside and a botanical notebook by the pioneering spiritualist Hilma af Klint.
Details & Care
- Publisher: TASCHEN
- Hard cover – 2 volumes in slipcase
- Colour photography
- Number of pages: 846 pages
- ISBN: 9783836595650
- Multilingual edition
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