Colour and Culture

Practice and Meaning from Antiquity to Abstraction

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Colour is fundamental to life and art: yet so diverse is it that it has hardly ever been studied in a comprehensive way.

John Gage's groundbreaking analysis of colour has been transforming our perceptions for more than three decades. Indispensable to anyone fascinated by art, psychology and history, this remarkable book considers every conceivable aspect of colour theory in Western culture.

From Roman symbolism to Bauhaus and beyond, this new edition, now featuring full colour illustrations throughout, will continue to serve as a pillar of visual arts scholarship.
Extent: 336 pp
Format: Paperback
Illustrations: 223
Publication date: 1995-10-30
Size: 26.4 x 20.6 cm
ISBN: 9780500027936

Press Reviews

In its wonderfully lucid command of detail, as well as in many other ways, this book is exemplary.
Richard Wollheim in The Times Literary Supplement

No one interested in painting can afford not to study it
London Review of Books

An altogether outstanding and seminal book
The Tablet

A good many of it chapters are likely to remain the standard treatment of their respective topics for years to come
Sir Ernst Gombrich

About the Author

John Gage was an acknowledged international authority on the history of art and colour, and wrote many books on the subject, including Colour and Meaning, Colour in Art and the award-winning Colour and Culture, all published by Thames & Hudson. He was Head of the Department of History of Art at Cambridge University from 1992 to 1995.

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