Produktbeschreibung
@2@@20@'A mind-expanding tour of the world without leaving your paintbox. Every colour has a story, and here are some of the most alluring, alarming, and thought-provoking. Very hard painting the hallway magnolia after this inspiring primer.' @21@@16@@20@Simon Garfield@21@@16@@20@@21@@18@@19@@16@@18@@19@@16@@18@The Secret Lives of Colour @19@tells the unusual stories of the 75 most fascinating shades, dyes and hues. From @20@blonde@21@ to @20@ginger@21@, the @20@brown@21@ that changed the way battles were fought to the @20@white@21@ that protected against the plague, Picasso's @20@blue@21@ period to the @20@charcoal@21@ on the cave walls at Lascaux, @20@acid@21@ @20@yellow@21@ to@20@ kelly green@21@, and from @20@scarlet@21@ women to @20@imperial purple@21@, these surprising stories run like a bright thread throughout history. In this book Kassia St Clair has turned her lifelong obsession with colours and where they come from (whether Van Gogh's@20@ chrome yellow @21@sunflowers or punk's @20@fluorescent pink@21@) into a unique study of human civilisation. Across fashion and politics, art and war, @18@The@19@ @18@Secret Lives of Colour@19@ tell the vivid story of our culture.@3@