A Cultural History of Color in the Age of Enlightenment

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Carole P. Biggam (University of Glasgow, UK) Kirsten Wolf (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)

A Cultural History of Color in the Age of Enlightenment

Carole P. Biggam (University of Glasgow, UK), Kirsten Wolf (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA), Carole P. Biggam (University of Glasgow, UK) , Kirsten Wolf (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)

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Bloomsbury
02 May 2024

Art & Architecture; History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800; Art techniques & principles; Industrial: Commercial Art & Design; History of fashion; Social & cultural history

Series: The Cultural Histories Series

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, U.K. 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

Edited by: Carole P. Biggam (University of Glasgow UK), Kirsten Wolf (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)
Series edited by: Carole P. Biggam (University of Glasgow UK), Kirsten Wolf (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)
Imprint: Bloomsbury
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 244mm, Width: 168mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 540g
ISBN: 9781350460140
ISBN 10: 1350460141
Series: The Cultural Histories Series
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 02 May 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Carole P. Biggam is Honorary Senior Research Fellow in English Language and Linguistics at the University of Glasgow, U.K. Kirsten Wolf is Professor of Old Norse and Scandinavian Linguistics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.