Color and Culture: Practice and Meaning from Antiquity to Abstraction

by John Gage

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Color is fundamental to life and art yet so diverse that it has seldom been studied in a comprehensive way. This ground-breaking analysis of color in Western culture from the ancient Greeks to the late twentieth century is a John Gage triumph. With originality and erudition, he describes the first theories of color articulated by philosophers from Democritus to Aristotle and the subsequent attempts by the Romans and their Renaissance disciples to...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0520222253

ISBN13:9780520222250

Release Date:August 1999

Publisher:University of California Press

Length:336 Pages

Weight:4.20 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 10.0" x 11.0"

Related Subjects

Aesthetics Architecture Art Art History Arts, Music & Photography Education & Reference Graphic Design History & Criticism Humanities Philosophy Politics & Social Sciences Techniques Use of Color

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