The world according to color : a cultural history
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New York : St. Martin's Press, 2022.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
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xv, 300 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
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Sparks Library - Adult Nonfiction
155.9114 FOX 2022
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Published
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2022.
Format
Book
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-277) and index.
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"A kaleidoscopic exploration that traverses history, literature, art, and science to reveal humans' unique and vibrant relationship with color. We have an extraordinary connection to color-we give it meanings, associations, and properties that last millennia and span cultures, continents, and languages. In The World According to Color, James Fox takes seven main colors-black, red, yellow, blue, white, purple, and green-and uncovers behind each a root idea, based on visual resemblances and common symbolism throughout history. Through a series of stories and vignettes, the book then traces these meanings to show how they morphed and multiplied and, ultimately, how they reveal a great deal about the societies that produced them: reflecting and shaping their hopes, fears, prejudices, and preoccupations. Fox also examines the science of how our eyes and brains interpret light and color, and shows how this is inherently linked with the meanings we give to hue. And using his background as an art historian, he explores many of the milestones in the history of art-from Bronze Age gold-work to Turner, Titian to Yves Klein-in a fresh way. Fox also weaves in literature, philosophy, cinema, archaeology, and art-moving from Monet to Marco Polo, early Japanese ink artists to Shakespeare and Goethe to James Bond. By creating a new history of color, Fox reveals a new story about humans and our place in the universe: second only to language, color is the greatest carrier of cultural meaning in our world"--,Provided by publisher.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Fox, J. (2022). The world according to color: a cultural history (First U.S. edition.). St. Martin's Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Fox, James. 2022. The World According to Color: A Cultural History. St. Martin's Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Fox, James. The World According to Color: A Cultural History St. Martin's Press, 2022.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Fox, James. The World According to Color: A Cultural History First U.S. edition., St. Martin's Press, 2022.

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