The Book of Colour Concepts

About the book: From the 17th century to the dawn of the digital age, color theories were illustrated with colored circles and elaborate diagrams. With more than 65 works from around the world and over 1,000 illustrations, this book illuminates the many facets of a topic that inspired Newton, Goethe, Sanz? Wada, the Bauhaus, and many others.

Biography: Sarah Lowengard is a historian of technology and science who writes about practical and philosophical engagements with color. For over forty years, she has restored artworks and has been making handcrafted pigments even longer. Lowengard is a member of the faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Cooper Union in New York and maintains connections with various organizations for the history of technical art and art analysis in the USA and beyond.
Alexandra Loske is a British-German art historian, author, and museum curator with a particular interest in the role of women in the history of color. She received her doctorate from the University of Sussex and is currently the Curator of the Royal Pavilion in Brighton. In addition to numerous lectures and publications on color and other topics, Loske has curated a number of exhibitions, including "Regency Colour and Beyond, 1785–1845" at the Royal Pavilion in 2014.

Pages: 846
CO AUTHOR
EDITOR: Lowengard, Sarah
Loske, Alexandra
First publication: 12/03/2024
Book language: Multilingual (English, French, German, Spanish)
Edition: INT
ISBN: 978-3-8365-9565-0
Themes: Classics
Dimensions: 24.3 cm x 30.4 cm, Weight 5.95 kg

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