A Cultural History of Color in the Age of Enlightenment covers the period 1650 to 1800. From the Baroque to the Neo-classical, color transformed art, architecture, ceramics, jewelry, and glass. Newton, using a prism, demonstrated the seven separate hues, which encouraged the development of color wheels and tables, and the increased standardization of color names. Technological advances in color printing resulted in superb maps and anatomical and botanical images. Identity and wealth were signalled with color, in uniforms, flags, and fashion. And the growth of empires, trade, and slavery encouraged new ideas about color. Color shapes an individual’s experience of the world and also how society gives particular spaces, objects, and moments meaning. The 6 volume set of the Cultural History of Color examines how color has been created, traded, used, and interpreted over the last 5000 years. The themes covered in each volume are color philosophy and science; color technology and trade; power and identity; religion and ritual; body and clothing; language and psychology; literature and the performing arts; art; architecture and interiors; and artefacts. Carole P. Biggam is Honorary Senior Research Fellow in English Language and Linguistics at the University of Glasgow, UK. Kirsten Wolf is Professor of Old Norse and Scandinavian Linguistics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. Volume 4 in the Cultural History of Color set. General Editors: Carole P. Biggam and Kirsten Wolf
Les mer
VOLUME 4: A CULTURAL HISTORY OF COLOR IN THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT Edited by Carole Biggam, University of Glasgow, UK, & Kirsten Wolf, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA 1. Philosophy and Science, Anna Marie Roos 2. Technology and Trade, Alexander Engel 3. Power and Identity, Monika Barget 4. Religion and Ritual, Felicity Loughlin 5. Body and Clothing, Mechthild Fend and Amelia Rauser 6. Language and Psychology, João Paulo Silvestre 7. Literature and the Performing Arts, Timothy Campbell 8. Art, Karin Leonhard 9. Architecture and Interiors, Basile Baudez 10. Artefacts, Clive Edwards
Les mer
The first systematic history of color in Western culture in the Age of Enlightenment.
The Cultural Histories are multi-volume sets that survey the social and cultural construction of specific subjects across six historical periods, broadly: - Antiquity - The Medieval Age - The Renaissance - The Age of Enlightenment - The Age of Empire - The Modern Age The subjects covered range from Animals to Dress and Fashion, from Sport to Furniture, from Money to Fairy Tales. Each volume discusses the same themes in its chapters so that readers may gain an understanding of a period by reading an entire volume, or follow a theme through history by reading the relevant chapter in each volume. Each six-volume set is illustrated. Titles are available as printed sets for libraries needing just one subject or preferring a one-off purchase and tangible reference for their shelves, or as part of a fully searchable digital library available to institutions by annual subscription or perpetual access (see www.bloomsburyculturalhistory.com). PRAISE FOR THE SERIES A Cultural History of Dress and Fashion “Intriguing, surprising, and thought-provoking essays covering many cultural layers of dress history.” CHOICE A Cultural History of Fairy Tales “A comprehensive treatise that belongs in every academic library concerned with a form of literature that has had broad appeal for centuries and continues to do so.” CHOICE A Cultural History of Hair “A thick, tangled and deliciously idiosyncratic history of hair.” Times Literary Supplement A Cultural History of Law “These introductions should be of great use to scholars from across the periods.” Law & Literature A Cultural History of Peace “The set is a good introduction to the study of peace and encourages looking at world history in a new way.” CHOICE A Cultural History of Theatre “All six volumes are aesthetically attractive, with well-chosen cover illustrations in color and numerous halftones throughout. Page layouts with wide margins, good paper, subtitles, generous bibliographies, notes, and index all add to the appeal.” CHOICE A Cultural History of Tragedy “A highly contemporary work, alert to politics, social theory and sexuality.” London Review of Books A Cultural History of Western Empires “Students seeking a comparative, interdisciplinary, and compelling account of the spread of Western empires will find much of interest here.” CHOICE A Cultural History of Work “[Programs] such as economics, American and world history, women’s studies, and art history will benefit from the information herein.” American Reference Books Annual
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781474273725
Publisert
2022-08-31
Utgiver
Vendor
Bloomsbury Academic
Vekt
1000 gr
Høyde
244 mm
Bredde
169 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
288

Series edited by

Biographical note

Carole P. Biggam is Honorary Senior Research Fellow in English Language and Linguistics at the University of Glasgow, UK. Kirsten Wolf is Torger Thompson Chair and Kim Nilsson Professor of Old Norse and Scandinavian Linguistics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.