The Art of Colour
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A unique approach to the history of art told through the story of
colour and pigments. Did you know that the ultramarine that
shimmers at the centre of Vermeer's Milkmaid connects that
masterpiece with 6th-century Zoroastrian paintings found on the
walls of cave temples in Bamiyan, Afghanistan? Or that the surging
waves that crest and curl in Hokusai's perilous Great Wave off
Kanagawa owe their absorbing blue lustre to an alchemist who was
born in Frankenstein's Castle in 1673? And were the Pre-Raphaelites
really obsessed with a murky brown hue derived from the pulverized
remains of ancient mummies? (Spoiler: they were.) Invented by
prehistoric cave-dwellers and medieval conjurers, cunning conmen
and savvy scientists, the colours of art tell a riveting tale all
their own. Over ten scintillating chapters, acclaimed author Kelly
Grovier helps bring that tale vividly to life, revealing the
astonishing backstories of the pigments that define the greatest
works in the history of art.Interwoven between these chapters is a
series of features focusing on key moments in the evolution of
colour theory - from the revelations of the Enlightenment to the
radicalism of the Bauhaus - while reproductions of carefully
selected artworks help illuminate the narrative's twists and turns.
The history of colour is an epic saga of human ingenuity and
insatiable desire. Read this book and you will never look at a work
of art in quite the same way.
Výber kníh autorov
Thames & Hudson ,
Kelly Grovier
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Thames & Hudson,
Kelly Grovier
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Slovart
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Slovart
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