Colour

by BATCHELOR DAVID

Book Overview

Writings on color from modernism to the present, by writers from Baudelaire to Baudrillard, surveying art from Paul Gauguin to Rachel Whiteread.

Whether it is scooped up off the palette, deployed as propaganda, or opens the doors of perception, color is central to art not only as an element but as an idea. This unique anthology reflects on the aesthetic, cultural, and philosophical meaning of color through the writings of artists and critics,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262524813
• ISBN13: 9780262524810
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher