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The color of cities : an international perspective / Lois Swirnoff.
LIBRA NA2795 .S93 2000
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Swirnoff, Lois.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Color in architecture.
- Cities and towns.
- City planning--Citizen participation.
- Color in architecture--Pictorial works.
- Local Subjects:
- City planning--Citizen participation.
- Color in architecture--Pictorial works.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 230 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : McGraw-Hill, [2000]
- Summary:
- A unique color dictionary of international urban design and phenomenal photographic reference, "The Color of Cities, by Lois Swirnoff, documents the distinctive color characteristics of cities in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and Asia. The book features beautiful original color photographs by the author who is an acclaimed artist and world authority on the three-dimensional use of color, and other noted architectural photographers. Topics covered include how cultural color preferences are grounded in vision differences in different geographic locations and the similarities within diversity in streets, facades, plazas, boundaries, and marketplaces. A reference section provides you with typical color palettes for each country, complete with thumbnail photographic examples.
- Contents:
- 1 The Context: Physical Places 7
- Perception of Cities 7
- The Siting of Cities 9
- Light, Surface, and the Environment 13
- 2 Urban Spaces: Cities of Light 21
- Venice, Italy 21
- Rome 33
- Florence 41
- Siena 48
- Lucca 52
- San Gimignano 56
- Cortona 58
- Bologna 61
- Jerusalem, Israel 62
- Jericho and the Sinai 66
- 3 Regions of Light 69
- Mexico 69
- Santa Fe, New Mexico 73
- Los Angeles 75
- The Caribbean 77
- 4 Urban Spaces 81
- Median Cities 81
- Paris 81
- Village in the French Alps 83
- New York, New York 85
- Boston, Massachusetts 88
- Cities in Shadow 91
- London 91
- Cambridge, England 93
- Stockholm 95
- Copenhagen 97
- 5 Country in Shadow: Japan 99
- 6 City Streets 114
- Venetian Passageways 117
- Spaces and Streets of Rome 122
- Florentine Environment 128
- Colors of Siena 130
- Lucca 133
- Colors and Light of Bologna 135
- Israel: Streets and Spaces 136
- Mexican Form and Color 138
- Santa Fe, New Mexico 142
- Los Angeles: Districts and Streets 144
- Parisian Streets and Spaces 146
- Town in the French Alps 148
- Burgundy 149
- The Streets of Manhattan 150
- Boston: Neighborhoods and Citizens 153
- Cambridge, England 155
- Stockholm: Old Town 156
- Copenhagen: Squares and Streets 157
- 7 Facades 158
- The Graphic Facade 159
- Venice 160
- Rome 166
- Florence 170
- Israel 172
- Mexico 174
- Santa Fe 180
- Los Angeles 182
- The Caribbean 184
- Paris 186
- French Alps 190
- New York, New York 191
- Boston 194
- Britain 196
- Stockholm 198
- Copenhagen 199
- 8 Apertures 201
- 9 At Human Scale 211
- Markets 211
- Materials 216
- Details 219
- Colors Grouped by City 224
- Global Position of Cities 226.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 227) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0070633487
- OCLC:
- 42791027
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