The History of Colour av Neil Parkinson

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<B>This comprehensive, beautiful book delves deep into the complex but fascinating story of our relationship with colour throughout human history.</B><BR/><BR/> Colour is <B>fundamental to our experience</B> and understanding of the world. It crosses continents and cultures, disciplines and decades. It is used to convey information and knowledge, to evoke mood, and to inspire emotion.<BR/><BR/> This book explores the <B>history of our understanding of colour, from the ancient world to the present, </B>from Aristotle to Albers. Interspersed in the historical story are numerous thematic essays that look at how colour has been used across a wide range of disciplines and fields: in food, music, language and many others.  <BR/><BR/> The illustrations are drawn from the <B>Royal College of Art’s renowned Colour Reference Library </B>which spans six centuries of works and nearly 2,000 titles, from a Gothic manuscript on the composition of the rainbow to hand-painted Enlighten