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The luminous and the grey / David Batchelor.

By: Publisher: London, England : Reaktion Books, 2014Description: 113 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781780233192
Subject(s):
Contents:
The Beginning and the End of Colour -- The Luminous and the Grey -- The Grey and the Luminous
Summary: Color surrounds us: the lush green hues of trees and grasses, the variant blues of water and the sky, the bright pops of yellow and red from flowers. But at the same time, color lies at the limits of language and understanding. In this absorbing sequel to Chromophobia-which addresses the extremes of love and loathing provoked by color since antiquity-David Batchelor charts color's more ambiguous terrain. The Luminous and the Grey explores the places where color comes into being and where it fades away, probing when it begins and when it ends both in the imagination and the material workd.
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Book Book CGLAS Library Blue 701.85 BAT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Checked out 12/03/2025 13060

Includes bibliographical references (pp.105-107).

The Beginning and the End of Colour -- The Luminous and the Grey -- The Grey and the Luminous

Color surrounds us: the lush green hues of trees and grasses, the variant blues of water and the sky, the bright pops of yellow and red from flowers. But at the same time, color lies at the limits of language and understanding. In this absorbing sequel to Chromophobia-which addresses the extremes of love and loathing provoked by color since antiquity-David Batchelor charts color's more ambiguous terrain. The Luminous and the Grey explores the places where color comes into being and where it fades away, probing when it begins and when it ends both in the imagination and the material workd.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 9, 2014).

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