Book: discovering the fascinating history of colour

Colour as seen by scientists, poets and visual artists through time...

Just open the book randomly and you'll come across an intriguing illustration. From a magnificent colour palette to more enigmatic patterns to unusual colour circles, the book Colour, a visual story pyramyd Editions is full of ancient documents of painters, scientists and poets.

Through these giddinesses of the past, we discover how colour was classified, explored and understood. This book on the history of the exploration of colour shows the diversity of the theories proposed over the centuries on colour and the creativity with which these reflections have been applied.

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Colour, a visual story by Alexandra Loske, published by Pyramyd in October 2019, format 28 x 22 cm, 240 pages, 35 euros

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