Colour
Travels Through the Paintbox
Seiten
2003
Sceptre (Verlag)
978-0-340-73329-5 (ISBN)
Sceptre (Verlag)
978-0-340-73329-5 (ISBN)
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On a journey that takes her from Afghanistan, to the Australian outback, to ancient caves in China, and the saffron harvest in Spain, Victoria Finlay gives an extraordinary and compelling account of the history of colour.
'Pure pleasure'
Independent
'A rich read'
Evening Standard
'A delight'
Sunday Telegraph
THE REMARKABLE STORY OF VICTORIA FINLAY'S QUEST TO UNCOVER THE MANY SECRETS HIDDEN INSIDE THE PAINTBOX.
On her travels she visited remote Central American villages where women still wear skirts dyed with the purple tears of sea snails; learned how George Washington obsessed about his green dining room while he should have been busy with matters of state; and investigated the mystery of Indian Yellow paint, said to have been made from the urine of Indian cows force-fed with mango leaves.
From mascara to nomadic carpets and pillar boxes, the story of colour is the story of the efforts of artists and artisans to reproduce the rainbow - and the impact their work has had on the world.
'Pure pleasure'
Independent
'A rich read'
Evening Standard
'A delight'
Sunday Telegraph
THE REMARKABLE STORY OF VICTORIA FINLAY'S QUEST TO UNCOVER THE MANY SECRETS HIDDEN INSIDE THE PAINTBOX.
On her travels she visited remote Central American villages where women still wear skirts dyed with the purple tears of sea snails; learned how George Washington obsessed about his green dining room while he should have been busy with matters of state; and investigated the mystery of Indian Yellow paint, said to have been made from the urine of Indian cows force-fed with mango leaves.
From mascara to nomadic carpets and pillar boxes, the story of colour is the story of the efforts of artists and artisans to reproduce the rainbow - and the impact their work has had on the world.
Victoria Finlay worked as a journalist in Hong Kong for eleven years, five of which were spent as arts editor for the South China Morning Post. Colour was her first book; since then she has also written Jewels: A Secret History, A Brilliant History of Color in Art, and Fabric: The Hidden History of the Material World. She studied social anthropology and as well as travelling around the world in search of stories about her subjects, from pigments to jewels to art to fabric, has also worked for an international environment charity. She lives near Bath.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 26.5.2003 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Maps and integrated illustrations |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 128 x 196 mm |
| Gewicht | 360 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Malerei / Plastik |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
| Reisen ► Reiseberichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-340-73329-2 / 0340733292 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-340-73329-5 / 9780340733295 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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