具体描述
The unforgettable, unknown history of colors and the vivid stories behind them in a beautiful multi-colored volume
“Beautifully written . . . Full of anecdotes and fascinating research, this elegant compendium has all the answers.” —NPR, Best Books of 2017
The Secret Lives of Color tells the unusual stories of seventy-five fascinating shades, dyes and hues. From blonde to ginger, the brown that changed the way battles were fought to the white that protected against the plague, Picasso’s blue period to the charcoal on the cave walls at Lascaux, acid yellow to kelly green, and from scarlet women to imperial purple, these surprising stories run like a bright thread throughout history.
In this book, Kassia St. Clair has turned her lifelong obsession with colors and where they come from (whether Van Gogh’s chrome yellow sunflowers or punk’s fluorescent pink) into a unique study of human civilization. Across fashion and politics, art and war, the secret lives of color tell the vivid story of our culture.
“This passionate and majestic compedium will leave you bathed in the gorgeous optics of light.” —Elle
作者简介
Kassia St. Clair is a freelance journalist and author based in London. She graduated from Bristol University with a first-class honors degree in history in 2007 and went on to do a master’s degree at Oxford. There she wrote her dissertation on women’s masquerade costumes during the eighteenth century and graduated with distinction. She has since written about design and culture for publications including The Economist, House & Garden, Quartz, and the New Statesman. She has had a column about color in Elle Decoration since 2013 and is a former assistant books and arts editor for The Economist.
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作为一本没有内容主线的小书，seems quite fair to use bullet points for a book review. · 一本讲色彩的书，一定要做的漂亮。封面上虚虚实实的小洞是一个巧思了，有一些是真的镂空能够透过去看到下面的颜色，也有一些只是印在封面上的效果而已。作为一本想展现秘密的书，这...
评分科普性强，没有太多专业性的话语对普通读者非常友好。没有生涩的文字才是阅读普通书籍最基本的通行证。 朋友看见书后就想夺走，因为书本太好看啦，不同的色彩介绍用不同颜色的纸张渲染，可见出版社的用心。 走近每个色彩背后的小故事，也是窥见不同历史人物的八卦。色彩的数量...
评分近期的状态对我看书这件事儿大有影响，基本上什么书都看不进去。几个月前花巨资买了读书神器，一个铁架子，伸出有好几个关节的手臂，可以多角度调整，无论躺着坐着站着都可以看书，而且不用手——这么好的东西，我只用它看了一两本书。现在的这一本是讲伴人居住的各种动物的，...
评分作为一本介绍色彩的普及读物，这本书很好地完成了它的使命。精美的装帧配合讲述颜色背后小故事的短小精悍的文章，能带来很多的阅读乐趣。 这本书最突出的是书籍设计，在每篇讲述色彩故事的书页边上，都配合着相应的色彩，能给人更直观的感受。而整本书的页边也组合成一道变化的...
评分用户评价
很简单漂亮的一本小书 琐碎的历史呈现在颜色这个精巧可爱的视角中
评分Strand Book Store, Greenwich Village, NY. 2019.03.01.
评分印刷美爆了，这才是纸质书的精华T T 前半部分直到红色都还风格迥异，但是后面的颜色有点千篇一律了，不知道是颜色本身无趣还是作者写不动了..不过对于我这种颜控还是一本超级满足的书
评分很简单漂亮的一本小书 琐碎的历史呈现在颜色这个精巧可爱的视角中
评分很简单漂亮的一本小书 琐碎的历史呈现在颜色这个精巧可爱的视角中
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