The luminous and the grey / David Batchelor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Batchelor, David, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Color--Psychological aspects.

Color.

Color in art.

Batchelor, David, 1955-.

Batchelor, David.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (113 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, England : Reaktion Books, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Color surrounds us: the lush green hues of trees and grasses, the variant blues of water and the sky, the bright pops of yellow and red from flowers. But at the same time, color lies at the limits of language and understanding. In this absorbing sequel to Chromophobia-which addresses the extremes of love and loathing provoked by color since antiquity-David Batchelor charts color's more ambiguous terrain. The Luminous and the Grey explores the places where color comes into being and where it fades away, probing when it begins and when it ends both in the imagination a

Contents:

Cover; The Luminous and the Grey; Imprint Page; Contents; Preface; One: The Beginning and the End of Colour; Two: The Luminous and the Grey; Three: The Grey and the Luminous; References; Bibliography; Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 9, 2014).

ISBN:

9781780233192

1780233191

OCLC:

880531534