Description
Fascinating Stories of Colors
Seventy-five essays on colors and their cultural and social history are based on columns the author regularly published in the British magazine Elle Decoration.
Each chapter consists of short essays, two to four pages long, discussing various shades of the respective color from the perspective of science, history, art, or culture. Kassia St. Clair tells the vivid story of colors from white protecting against the plague, through Van Gogh's chrome yellow, punk fluorescent pink, Picasso's blue, to the charcoal color on the walls of the Lascaux cave and the deepest black.
Seventy-five essays on colors and their cultural and social history are based on columns the author regularly published in the British magazine Elle Decoration.
Each chapter consists of short essays, two to four pages long, discussing various shades of the respective color from the perspective of science, history, art, or culture. Kassia St. Clair tells the vivid story of colors from white protecting against the plague, through Van Gogh's chrome yellow, punk fluorescent pink, Picasso's blue, to the charcoal color on the walls of the Lascaux cave and the deepest black.
Information
Author: Clair Kassia
Publication date: September 16, 2025
Manufacturer: Host - vydavatelství, s. r. o.
Genres: Essays, reflections, and articles, Books, Fiction
Type: Books - paperback
Pages: 333
ISBN/EAN: 9788027525362