Ranging from Homer to Picasso, and from the Iranian Revolution to The Wizard of Oz, this spirited and radiant book awakens us anew to the role of color in our lives Our lives are saturated by color. We live in a world of vivid colors, and color marks our psychological and social existence. But for all color’s inescapability, we don’t know much about it. Now authors David Scott Kastan and Stephen Farthing offer a fresh and imaginative exploration of one of the most intriguing and least understood aspects of everyday experience. Kastan and Farthing, a scholar and a painter, respectively, investigate color from numerous perspectives: literary, historical, cultural, anthropological, philosophical, art historical, political, and scientific. In ten lively and wide-ranging chapters, each devoted to a different color, they examine the various ways colors have shaped and continue to shape our social and moral imaginations. Each individual color becomes the focal point for a consideration of one of the extraordinary ways in which color appears and matters in our lives. Beautifully produced in full color, this book is a remarkably smart, entertaining, and fascinating guide to this elusive topic.

On Color

Kastan, David

Farthing, Stephen

Reference

Yale University Press

Ranging from Homer to Picasso, and from the Iranian Revolution to The Wizard of Oz, this spirited and radiant book awakens us anew to the role of color in our lives Our lives are saturated by color. We live in a world of vivid colors, and color marks our psychological and social existence. But for all color's inescapability, we don't know much about it. Now authors David Scott Kastan and Stephen Farthing offer a fresh and imaginative exploration of one of the most intriguing and least understood aspects of everyday experience. Kastan and Farthing, a scholar and a painter, respectively, investigate color from numerous perspectives: literary, historical, cultural, anthropological, philosophical, art historical, political, and scientific. In ten lively and wide-ranging chapters, each devoted to a different color, they examine the various ways colors have shaped and continue to shape our social and moral imaginations. Each individual color becomes the focal point for a consideration of one of the extraordinary ways in which color appears and matters in our lives. Beautifully produced in full color, this book is a remarkably smart, entertaining, and fascinating guide to this elusive topic.]]>

HardCover. Pub Date :2013-09-30 Pages: 256 Language: English Publisher:... Thames &amp; Hudson Derek Jarmans Sketchbooks Deluxe Edition Edited by Stephen Farthing and Ed Webb-Ingall With a preface by Tilda Swinton Featuring contributions from Keith Collins. Christopher Hobbs. Andrew Logan. James Mackay. Jon Savage. Howard Sooley. Neil Tennant and Toyah Willcox. DELUXE SLIPCASED EDITION. INCLUDES THREE PRINTS. Containing poetry. drawings. pressed flowers. photographs. excerpts from scripts and notes. Derek Jarmans sketchbooks are part autobiography and part social history. bursting with the energy and creativity of this groundbreaking artist. This publication collates the best of Jarmans sketchbooks to reveal the detailed planning and emotional engagement behind each of his films in more depth than ever before. This deluxe edition is limited to 500 copies. each presented in a clo...

Derek Jarman's Sketchbooks - Deluxe edition /anglais

Arts & Photography

Individual Artists

Thames&Hudson

Today it is not the audience, the galleries, or the funders who are the problem in modern art, it is the artists. Stephen Farthing, an artist writing from an artist’s perspective, argues that his profession is an organism under constant attack from itself. It creates both stunning works and crass tabloid pieces that pander to the media. In this book, Farthing takes a critical look at his colleagues, offering a radical new approach to art which shuns art historians, connoisseurs and postmodernism. Taking the reader from Eric Gill to Damien Hirst, and from Goering in Nazi German to Saatchi in 1999, he paints a picture of modern art as artists see it---In this book, Farthing takes a critical look at his colleagues, offering a radical new approach to art which shuns art historians, connoisseurs and postmodernism.an art for everyone to enjoy.

An Intelligent Person's Guide to Modern Art

History & Criticism

International Publishers Marketing

A never-before-seen presentation of art and architecture from the Renaissance era, in elegant, informative, and engaging three-dimensional form. Accompanied by stunning art and ingenious pop engineering, Renaissance Art Pop-Up Book presents the talent and imagination of some of the most influential artists in history. Ranging from the influences of Gothic art on the early Renaissance to the culmination of High Renaissance, this book follows the appearance of new forms in religious and secular painting and the burgeoning use of groundbreaking techniques, such as perspective and narrative in painting; new innovations in architecture; and the unique genius of artists from all over Europe. The book features the most outstanding artists, art, and architecture of the period, including the frescoes of Giotto, Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel, and the works of Caravaggio, Botticelli, Titian, Dürer, and Massacio, to name only a few. Innovative pop-ups include a working camera obscura; da Vinci’s "flying machine"; Piero della Francesca’s View of the Ideal City, with removable perspective lines; Brunelleschi’s majestic Duomo in Florence; and a fold-out timeline of the Renaissance. Showcasing the artistic innovations of the era in interactive format, this book gives the reader a fresh perspective, thereby teaching the principles and history of the Renaissance in a new and unique way. Renaissance Art Pop-Up Book is a superb tour of the greatest achievements of the world’s early masters, and is the perfect educational gift for art lovers of all ages.

Renaissance Art Pop-Up Book

Universe

From Ancient Egyptian frescoes to the Renaissance masters, from French Impressionists to American Abstract Expressionists, this highly browsable guide embraces all cultures and every style of painting from 4,000 BC to the present. A visually arresting reference for art lovers and students, it provides a truly comprehensive worldwide gazeteer of paintings organized chronologically by date of completion. Each entry includes the history of the painting, information about the artist or artistic movement, the current location of the painting (all are on view to the public), as well as other details. The works are also indexed by artist and by title, making for easy cross-referencing. Included are popular paintings, key works that are the most breathtaking for their extraordinary power and beauty, paintings that were turning points in the history of art, and rediscovered masterpieces, making 1001 Paintings You Must See Before You Die an art museum in its own right.

1001 Paintings You Must See Before You Die: Revised and Updated

Rizzoli Universe Promotional Books

501 grandes artistas (Spanish Edition)

Grijalbo

A truly comprehensive tour of the history of art through the examination of some of the most iconic images in the world, this reference traces the development of art period by period. Every genre and form of art is explored, from painting and sculpture to conceptual and performance art, and culture time lines accompany illustrations to provide historical context. Masterpieces that epitomize each period or movement are highlighted and analyzed in detailfrom use of color and visual metaphors to technical innovationsso that readers can interpret the meanings of world-famous works such as Mughal miniatures, 19th-century Japanese prints, Seurat’s La Grand Jatte, and Picasso’s Les Demoiselles D’Avignon. Un recorrido verdaderamente comprensivo de la historia del arte a través del examen de algunas de las imágenes más icónicas del mundo, esta referencia traza el desarrollo del arte período a período. Se exploran todos los géneros artísticos, desde la pintura y la escultura hasta el arte conceptual y el arte de performance, y líneas de tiempo acompañan a ilustraciones para proveer contexto histórico. Se analizan con detalle las obras maestras que mejor representan características definitorias de cada período o movimientodesde el uso del color y metáforas visuales hasta las innovaciones técnicaspara que los lectores puedan interpretar el significado de las obras maestras más famosas del mundo, incluyendo las miniaturas de Mughal, grabados japoneses del siglo XIX, La Grand Jatte de Seurat y Les Demoiselles D’Avignon de Picasso.

Arte: Toda la historia (Spanish Edition)

Blume

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On Color

On Color

Derek Jarman's Sketchbooks - Deluxe edition /anglais

An Intelligent Person's Guide to Modern Art

Renaissance Art Pop-Up Book

1001 Paintings You Must See Before You Die: Revised and Updated

Renaissance Art Pop-Up Book

501 grandes artistas (Spanish Edition)

Arte: Toda la historia (Spanish Edition)