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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786416803321

Autore

Batchelor David

Titolo

The luminous and the grey / / David Batchelor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Reaktion Books, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-78023-319-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (113 p.)

Disciplina

155.91145

Soggetti

Color - Psychological aspects

Color in art

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; The Luminous and the Grey; Imprint Page; Contents; Preface; One: The Beginning and the End of Colour; Two: The Luminous and the Grey; Three: The Grey and the Luminous; References; Bibliography; Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations

Sommario/riassunto

Color surrounds us: the lush green hues of trees and grasses, the variant blues of water and the sky, the bright pops of yellow and red from flowers. But at the same time, color lies at the limits of language and understanding. In this absorbing sequel to Chromophobia-which addresses the extremes of love and loathing provoked by color since antiquity-David Batchelor charts color's more ambiguous terrain. The Luminous and the Grey explores the places where color comes into being and where it fades away, probing when it begins and when it ends both in the imagination a