The World According to Color: A Cultural History

by James Fox

Book Overview

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 elemental colors--black, red, yellow, blue, white, purple, and green--and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250278511
• ISBN13: 9781250278517
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.2"