Author: Raleigh TrevelyanPublisher: Harvill Secker
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Shades of the Alhambra
Author: Raleigh TrevelyanPublisher: Harvill Secker
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
The Printing Art Sample Book
Author: Ur
Author: The Printing Art Suggestion Book
Author: Western Painter
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Paint industry and trade
Languages : en
Pages : 806
Book Description
Printing Art Sample Book
Author: The Secret Lives of Buildings
Author: Edward HollisPublisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1429982101
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
A strikingly original, beautifully narrated history of Western architecture and the cultural transformations that it represents Concrete, marble, steel, brick: little else made by human hands seems as stable, as immutable, as a building. Yet the life of any structure is neither fixed nor timeless. Outliving their original contexts and purposes, buildings are forced to adapt to each succeeding age. To survive, they must become shape-shifters. In an inspired refashioning of architectural history, Edward Hollis recounts more than a dozen stories of such metamorphosis, highlighting the way in which even the most familiar structures all change over time into "something rich and strange." The Parthenon, that epitome of a ruined temple, was for centuries a working church and then a mosque; the cathedral of Notre Dame was "restored" to a design that none of its original makers would have recognized. Remains of the Berlin Wall, meanwhile, which was once gleefully smashed and bulldozed, are now treated as precious relics. With The Secret Lives of Buildings, Edward Hollis recounts the most enthralling of these metamorphoses and shows how buildings have come to embody the history of Western culture.
The History of Color
Author: Neil ParkinsonPublisher: Frances Lincoln
ISBN: 0711289662
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
This comprehensive, beautiful book delves deep into the complex but fascinating story of our relationship with colour throughout human history. Color is fundamental to our experience and understanding of the world. It crosses continents and cultures, disciplines and decades. It is used to convey information and knowledge, to evoke mood, and to inspire emotion. This book explores the history of our understanding of color, from the ancient world to the present, from Aristotle to Albers. Interspersed in the historical story are numerous thematic essays that look at how color has been used across a wide range of disciplines and fields: in food, music, language and many others. The illustrations are drawn from the Royal College of Art’s renowned Colour Reference Library which spans six centuries of works and nearly 2,000 titles, from a Gothic manuscript on the composition of the rainbow to hand-painted Enlightenment works on color theory and vibrant 20th-century color charts, including many fascinating examples not seen in other books. Delving far and wide in this fascinating and varied subject, this book will help readers find new layers of meaning and complexity in their everyday experiences and teach them to look closer at our colorful lives.
The History of Colour
Author: Neil ParkinsonPublisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
ISBN: 0711266794
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
The History of Colour explores the rich history of human's relationship with colour, from ancient times to today.
Nature Knows No Color-Line
Author: J. A. RogersPublisher: Wesleyan University Press
ISBN: 0819575518
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
The classic refutation of scientific racism from the renowned African American journalist and author of Africa’s Gift to America. In Nature Knows No Color-Line, originally published in 1952, historian Joel Augustus Rogers examines the origins of racial hierarchy and the color problem. Rogers was a humanist who believed that there were no scientifically evident racial divisions—all humans belong to one “race.” He believed that color prejudice generally evolved from issues of domination and power between two physiologically different groups. According to Rogers, color prejudice was then used a rationale for domination, subjugation and warfare. Societies developed myths and prejudices in order to pursue their own interests at the expense of other groups. This book argues that many instances of the contributions of black people had been left out of the history books, and gives many examples. “Most contemporary college students have never heard of J.A Rogers nor are they aware of his long journalistic career and pioneering archival research. Rogers committed his life to fighting against racism and he had a major influence on black print culture through his attempts to improve race relations in the United States and challenge white supremacist tracts aimed at disparaging the history and contributions of people of African descent to world civilizations.” —Thabiti Asukile, “Black International Journalism, Archival Research and Black Print Culture,” The Journal of African American History