Author: Patrick Baty Publisher: Princeton University Press ISBN: 0691217041 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 143
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This fully realized colour catalogue includes elegant contemporary illustrations of every animal, plant or mineral cited in Syme's edition of “Werner's nomenclature of colours”
Author: Alison H. Deming Publisher: Milkweed Editions ISBN: 1571318143 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 353
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“An anthology of nature writing by people of color, providing deeply personal connections to—or disconnects from—nature.” —NPR From African American to Asian American, indigenous to immigrant, “multiracial” to “mixed-blood,” the diversity of cultures in this world is matched only by the diversity of stories explaining our cultural origins: stories of creation and destruction, displacement and heartbreak, hope and mystery. With writing from Jamaica Kincaid on the fallacies of national myths, Yusef Komunyakaa connecting the toxic legacy of his hometown, Bogalusa, LA, to a blind faith in capitalism, and bell hooks relating the quashing of multiculturalism to the destruction of nature that is considered “unpredictable”—among more than thirty-five other examinations of the relationship between culture and nature—this collection points toward the trouble of ignoring our cultural heritage, but also reveals how opening our eyes and our minds might provide a more livable future. Contributors: Elmaz Abinader, Faith Adiele, Francisco X. Alarcón, Fred Arroyo, Kimberly Blaeser, Joseph Bruchac, Robert D. Bullard, Debra Kang Dean, Camille Dungy, Nikky Finney, Ray Gonzalez, Kimiko Hahn, bell hooks, Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, Pualani Kanaka’ole Kanahele, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Jamaica Kincaid, Yusef Komunyakaa, J. Drew Lanham, David Mas Masumoto, Maria Melendez, Thyllias Moss, Gary Paul Nabhan, Nalini Nadkarni, Melissa Nelson, Jennifer Oladipo, Louis Owens, Enrique Salmon, Aileen Suzara, A. J. Verdelle, Gerald Vizenor, Patricia Jabbeh Wesley, Al Young, Ofelia Zepeda “This notable anthology assembles thinkers and writers with firsthand experience or insight on how economic and racial inequalities affect a person’s understanding of nature . . . an illuminating read.” —Bloomsbury Review “[An] unprecedented and invaluable collection.” —Booklist
Author: David K. Lynch Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 9780521775045 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 296
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We live in a world of optical marvels - from the commonplace but beautiful rainbow, to the rare and eerie superior mirage. But how many of us really understand how a rainbow is formed, why the setting sun is red and flattened, or even why the sky at night is not absolutely black? This beautiful and informative guide provides clear explanations to all naturally occurring optical phenomena seen with the naked eye, including shadows, halos, water optics, mirages and a host of other spectacles. Separating myth from reality, it outlines the basic principles involved, and supports them with many figures and references. A wealth of rare and spectacular photographs, many in full color, illustrate the phenomena throughout. In this new edition of the highly-acclaimed guide to seeing, photographing and understanding nature's optical delights, the authors have added over 50 new images and provided new material on experiments you can try yourself.
Author: Brajesh Kumar Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand ISBN: 1837696853 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 200
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Color, which contributes so much to the beauty of nature, is vital to the attraction and acceptability of most products used by modern society. As early as the 25th century BC, people used a limited range of natural colorants from both animal (e.g., cochineal) and vegetable (e.g., indigo, curcumin, alizarin, Tyrian purple) sources to color their surroundings and clothing. Dyes are substances that, once applied to a substrate, selectively reflect or transmit incident daylight. Most natural dyes are found in the roots, barks, leaves, bracts, flowers, skins, and shells of plants. They are classified as either organometallic or organic compounds, typically exhibiting low solubility in organic solvents. As a result, they generally remain in the solid state during processing and when applied to substrates. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the chemistry and physics of dyes and their intermediates. Chapters address such topics as chemical constituents, spectroscopic aspects, surface, solution, crystal formation, photochemistry, and their ecological and biological properties. This volume will appeal to a wide range of researchers and graduate students worldwide whose work involves dye synthesis, imaging, sensors, energy, medicine, polymers, food products, toxicological properties, and more.
Author: Marcel Perrot Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1664108092 Category : Philosophy Languages : en Pages : 113
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My essay on Colour and Nature, is where i explain the nature of our world, and i explain the world as a posteriori, and where in some respects the God is a priori for knowing. As well, i explain the nature of colour, and where i have worked on the thesis that all knowledge is derived through colour, and that all colour is derived through experience. Furthermore, i promote Buddha as the way, and as he proves the way for human nature and the following of hope, and as well, Jesus is a subject of my book, and where i explain more about his execution on the cross, and as i said, Pontius Pilate and the Jewish were not to blame about his execution, and it was the atoms which were to blame.
Author: C. A. Brebbia Publisher: WIT Press ISBN: 1845645685 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 157
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This book is ambitiously inter-disciplinary and may be divided into four main sections, defined in terms of the authors themselves. Firstly, there are two contributions by biologists. Secondly, the largest section is by practising artists. Thirdly, there are two engineering-based contributions. Finally, two contributions address some of the historical proponents of colour theory and art. These eleven works, in full colour, form a striking contribution to the commonwealth of colour studies and to a possible unification of Snow's two cultures.Colour and inter-disciplinarity go hand in hand. This so often involves the authors leaving the comfort zone of their original speciality and striving for excellence in another. The personal story of Franziska Schenk is but one good example.It seems that our perceptions of aesthetics and beauty must be very flexible indeed as to find absolute opposites equally fascinating. If so, it goes to show how wonderful are the construction and operation of the human brain. Does psychology win in the end? Does colour lead to a single culture?
Author: Catherine North Publisher: Balboa Press ISBN: 1504307542 Category : Health & Fitness Languages : en Pages : 294
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Natures Colour Healing outlines the many ways that various colours and colour combinations can help you in your daily lifephysically, emotionally, and spiritually. You are attracted from a very deep inner level to the colours you need. This book has colour photographs to help you choose the colours that will assist you in your life. Select the colours you are drawn to from the book, and read the ways those colours help you.
Author: Patrick Baty
Author: Alison H. Deming
Author: Grant Allen
Author: David K. Lynch
Author: Patrick Syme
Author: Brajesh Kumar
Author: Marcel Perrot
Author: C. A. Brebbia
Author: Catherine North
Author: Walter Crayon (pseud.)