{"product_id":"the-book-of-color-concepts","title":"The Book of Color Concepts","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description--subtitle\"\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eThe human history of color\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description--content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe earliest forms of human\u003cb\u003e creativity\u003c\/b\u003e – in carvings, markings, and cave paintings – bear witness to \u003cb\u003ehumanity’s engagement with color\u003c\/b\u003e. Almost as old as these examples is the desire to assign structure, order, and meaning to this \u003cb\u003euniversal yet elusive concept\u003c\/b\u003e, and it is this fascination that unites the works compiled in this expansive edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGathering \u003cb\u003eover 40 rare books and manuscripts from a wealth of institutions\u003c\/b\u003e, including the most distinguished color collections worldwide, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Colour Concepts\u003c\/i\u003e takes the reader on a \u003cb\u003echromatic odyssey across four centuries and over 350 images \u003c\/b\u003eof luscious wheels and globes, painstakingly collated charts, and meticulous diagrams, many of them newly photographed exclusively for this edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeminal works of color theory, such as \u003cb\u003eIsaac Newton’s \u003ci\u003eOpticks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eJohann Wolfgang von Goethe\u003c\/b\u003e’s hugely significant \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eZur Farbenlehre\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, are shown alongside rare and unfamiliar contributions, including the theosophical color systems of \u003cb\u003eCharles Webster Leadbeater and Annie Besant\u003c\/b\u003e, the comprehensive color ‘dictionary’ of\u003cb\u003e Aloys John Maerz and Morris Rea Paul\u003c\/b\u003e, and the patchwork combinations of the Japanese costume designer and artist \u003cb\u003eSanzō Wada\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume also brings many intriguing and often overlooked\u003cb\u003e works by women \u003c\/b\u003einto the spotlight, including the radically inventive color “blots” of the English flower painter \u003cb\u003eMary Gartside\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe color systems that make up this edition are contextualized by an \u003cb\u003eintroductory essay from Alexandra Loske\u003c\/b\u003e, while authoritative texts on the works reproduced set out \u003cb\u003eeach concept in further detail\u003c\/b\u003e. Illuminating the history of color in all its shapes and forms, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Colour Concepts\u003c\/i\u003e offers a chromatic chronology unparalleled in scope.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Taschen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47028780728578,"sku":"9783754401248","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2228\/7429\/files\/bookofcolorconceptspow.jpg?v=1763012204","url":"https:\/\/stlartsupply.mom\/en-au\/products\/the-book-of-color-concepts","provider":"St. Louis Art Supply","version":"1.0","type":"link"}