Defining color is a simple matter-visible light of a particular wavelength. Or is it? It turns out that the pigments and dyes responsible for hues have many remarkable characteristics, most of which we rarely ponder. Journalist Finlay's first book is a blend of travelogue and historical exploration about the myriad ways color takes on meaning for us, whether as a matter of aesthetics, economics, war or culture. The book has no overarching theme-it's all byways, an approach that works. Insofar as there is a thesis, it is that visual expression falls just behind procreation and the search for food and shelter as a fundamental human activity; countless peoples, Finlay reports, rank color and art among their primary concerns. During her journey, both literal and literary, Finlay learns of many little-known tribes and historical curiosities: too-trusting Puritans purchasing cheaply dyed black clothes destined to turn orange in a matter of weeks; the rise and heartbreaking fall of the art of the Pintupi tribe in barren central Australia during the 1970s; and the once-supreme economic clout of indigo from Bengal-to take just three examples among dozens. To delve into this book is to see the experimental, scientific side of the old masters and the artistic qualities of inventors and explorers. This is not a scientific work-those interested in rods and cones should look elsewhere. Thanks to Finlay's impeccable reportorial skills and a remarkable degree of engagement, this is an utterly unique and fascinating read. Illus., maps.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
具體描述
讀後感
这本书是在自己生日宴上朋友所赠。两个多月后在回家的长途火车上才第一次打开。我先不说这本书怎么样，我说说它改变了我的什么。 颜色从小对我来说是一个很神秘且很难预料的事物。很小我就开始学画，但是直到不久以前我对色彩仍然是很畏惧的，因此我更多的时间会选择水墨画或是...
評分孩提时她被教堂彩色玻璃的颜色迷住，长大后在博物馆的凡高《玫瑰》画前扼腕长叹，因为那如今看是白玫瑰，最初却是妖艳、却容易褪色的红色！ 为了爱走天涯，谓之痴情。但为了所爱的谜题走天涯，就该近乎痴狂了。女学者维多利亚·芬利具有社会人类学背景，专攻亚洲文化，曾在香港...
評分诚如某位豆友所说，一本描写颜色的书，本书的插图实在是少的有些不像话。看完之后我一直觉得需要找个时间，把书中提到的那些艺术家以及他们的作品搜索出来，看个仔细。俺拿出做论文的气势，给整理了一番，仅供参考。 一、书中提到的比较重要艺术家和他们的作品以及一些书籍 1...
評分（题外话：评论？谈不上，就是读后感而已。） 找了很久，终于在今年年初看完了。排除英国人特有的过分谦卑和为了表现自己的严谨而言之凿凿，这本书还是比较耐看的。 作者的知识结构比较杂，作为英国人，对东方（包括中国、印度和日本）的知识都有较为深入的认识。书中写...
用戶評價
看Lautrec受到一點啓發..需要增加點具體的知識。這本書裏各種邊角料知識...比如茜素是媒介染料可以用來做橙色..作者可以說非常盡力瞭..簡直是exhaustive research典範..各種信息驅動著飛速鏇轉確實有點亂瞭陣腳。排列呈現方式有點混亂..缺個main thread.大部分我都記住瞭所以閱讀體驗還是滿意的。我想瞭半天我可能會換個方式吧。
评分看Lautrec受到一點啓發..需要增加點具體的知識。這本書裏各種邊角料知識...比如茜素是媒介染料可以用來做橙色..作者可以說非常盡力瞭..簡直是exhaustive research典範..各種信息驅動著飛速鏇轉確實有點亂瞭陣腳。排列呈現方式有點混亂..缺個main thread.大部分我都記住瞭所以閱讀體驗還是滿意的。我想瞭半天我可能會換個方式吧。
评分湊閤
评分ochre(赭石),black and brown , white , red , orange , yellow , green , blue , indigo(靛藍色) , violet ,
评分ochre(赭石),black and brown , white , red , orange , yellow , green , blue , indigo(靛藍色) , violet ,
相關圖書
本站所有內容均為互聯網搜索引擎提供的公開搜索信息，本站不存儲任何數據與內容，任何內容與數據均與本站無關，如有需要請聯繫相關搜索引擎包括但不限於百度，google,bing,sogou 等
© 2025 book.quotespace.org All Rights Reserved. 小美書屋 版权所有