The secret lives of colour
St. Clair, Kassia2016
Book
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.
Main title:
The secret lives of colour / Kassia St Clair.
Author:
St. Clair, Kassia, author
Imprint:
London : John Murray Publishers, 2016.©2016
Collation:
319 pages : colour illustrations ; 23 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
ISBN:
9781473630819 (hardback)
Dewey class:
535.6
Language:
English
Added title:
BRN:
436224
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Melbourne Library | -Science and Nature | SCIENCE 535.6 STCL | On reserve shelf at Library at the Dock |