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Art Unfolded: A History of Art in Four Colours by Ben Street
Trace the history of art through 48 paintings and fourcolors, woven together to form a fascinating and kaleidoscopic tale.
BLUE: the color of the beyond and the divine
RED: the color of blood, purity and sensuality
GREEN: the color of new life, but also of sickness and death
GOLD: the color of wealth, attributed to the things we value most
These four colors tell the history of art in a way that few other details can.From the pigments that hold them - sometimes wildly expensive, likeUltramarine, or dangerously toxic, like Emerald Green - to the varied andchanging meanings applied to them, these colors grant us access to fascinatingstories, both of individual works of art and the world in which they werecreated
Paperback, 128 pages
Published September 4th 2018 by Ilex Press (firstpublished 2018)
Original Title
Art Unfolded: A History of Art in Four Colours
ISBN
1781575622 (ISBN13: 9781781575628)