Color and Meaning Art, Science, and Symbolism

Name: Color and Meaning Art, Science, and Symbolism
Price: 19.35 USD
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ISBN: 9780520226111

ISBN-10: 0520226119

ISBN-13: 9780520226111

Edition: 1999

Authors: John Gage

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Is color just a physiological reaction, a sensation resulting from different wave lengths of light on receptors in our eyes? Does color have an effect on our feelings? The phenomenon of color is examined in extraordinary new ways in John Gage's latest book. His pioneering study is informed by the conviction that color is a contingent, historical occurrence whose meaning, like language, lies in the particular contexts in which it is experienced and interpreted. Gage covers topics as diverse as the optical mixing techniques implicit in mosaic; medieval color-symbolism; the equipment of the manuscript illuminator's workshop, the color languages and color practices of Latin America at the time…

Book details

List price: $52.95
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 6/1/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 7.50" wide x 10.25" long x 0.93" tall
Weight: 2.904
Language: English