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Colour in Art

By: John Gage,Kelly Grovier

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The complex phenomenon of colour has received detailed attention from the perspectives of physics, chemistry, physiology, psychology, linguistics and philosophy. However, the people who work most closely with colour artists have rarely been canvassed for their opinions on this mysterious subject.John Gage sets out to address this omission by focusing on the thoughts and practices of artists. Colour in Art is concerned with the history of colour, but is not itself a history; instead each chapter develops a theme from a different scientific discipline, as seen from the viewpoint of such diverse artists such as Wassily Kandinsky, Vincent van Gogh, Sonia Delaunay, Bridget Riley and Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri. Drawing on examples through the ages, from ancient times to the present, the many topics covered include flags, synaesthesia, Theosophy, theatre design, film, chromotherapy and chromophobia.Featuring a new foreword by art writer Kelly Grovier outlining contemporary developments in the study of colour, and an updated bibliography, this new edition of this classic text offers a wide-ranging and engaging introduction to the place and power of colour in life and art.

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Thames & Hudson

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0500778809

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9780500778807

The Art of Colour

The History of Art in 39 Pigments

By: Kelly Grovier

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The Art of Colour

The History of Art in 39 Pigments

By: Kelly Grovier

Did you know that the ultramarine that shimmers at the centre of Vermeers Milkmaid connects that masterpiece with 6th-century Zoroastrian paintings found on the walls of cave temples in Bamiyan, Afghanistan? Or that the surging waves that crest and curl in Hokusais perilous Great Wave off Kanagawa owe their absorbing blue lustre to an alchemist who was born in Frankensteins Castle in 1673? And were the Pre-Raphaelites really obsessed with a murky brown hue derived from the pulverized remains of ancient mummies? (Spoiler: they were.) Invented by prehistoric cave-dwellers and medieval conjurers, cunning conmen and savvy scientists, the colours of art tell a riveting tale all their own. Over ten scintillating chapters, acclaimed author Kelly Grovier helps bring that tale vividly to life, revealing the astonishing backstories of the pigments that define the greatest works in the history of art. Interwoven between these chapters is a series of features focusing on key moments in the evolution of colour theory from the revelations of the Enlightenment to the radicalism of the Bauhaus while reproductions of carefully selected artworks help illuminate the narratives twists and turns. The history of colour is an epic saga of human ingenuity and insatiable desire. Read this book and you will never look at a work of art in quite the same way.

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0500778337

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9780500778333

Art Since 1989 (World of Art)

By: Kelly Grovier

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Art Since 1989 (World of Art)

By: Kelly Grovier

An extensive, accessible guide to the most groundbreaking and influential art from 1989 to the present The years since the collapse of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 have seen the rise of a new freedom to define art—Who makes it? Where can it be found? What is its commercial value?—and, consequently, the reevaluation of art’s place in society. Kelly Grovier surveys the dynamic developments in art practice worldwide since 1989, focusing on artists whose fresh visual vocabulary and innovation reflect these past turbulent decades. The book’s ten chapters examine the key themes in contemporary art—portraiture in the age of face transplants and facial recognition software, political activism, science, and religion, to name a few—by artists including Jeff Koons, Louise Bourgeois, Damien Hirst, George Condo, Marlene Dumas, Sean Scully, Cindy Sherman, Banksy, Ai Weiwei, Antony Gormley, Christo and Jean-Claude, Jenny Holzer, Chuck Close, and Cornelia Parker. A chapter-length timeline at the end of the book traces the evolution of art from 1989 to today by closely examining one key artwork from each year. Illustrated with the work of over 200 key artists, Art Since 1989 is a lucid and engaging look at what may prove to be one of the more tempestuous eras in human history, if not the history of art.

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0500772940

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Endangered Sky

Sean Scully & Kelly Grovier

By: Kelly Grovier

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Endangered Sky

Sean Scully & Kelly Grovier

By: Kelly Grovier

Schätzungen zufolge sind durch Klimawandel, illegalen Handel und den Verlust von Lebensräumen aufgrund intensiver Landwirtschaft und Urbanisierung eine von acht Vogelarten vom Aussterben bedroht. Dem setzen Sean Scully und Kelly Grovier berührende Duette aus Gedichten und Zeichnungen entgegen. Ein jedes ist der individuellen Schönheit einer einzelnen Vogelart gewidmet. Scullys Bildsprache, zugleich bedächtig und voller Emphase, geometrisch und frei fließend, fängt das Wesen der gefiederten Geschöpfe ein. Diese erste Serie von iPhone- Zeichnungen zeigt Scullys unverwechselbaren Stil, doch offenbart zugleich eine neue Intimität, Verspieltheit und Beschwingtheit von Gesten, Farben und Formen. Gemeinsam wecken Grovier und Scully ein Gefühl von Verlust, aus dem Empathie erwächst: »Hoffnung ist«, wie Emily Dickinson schrieb, »das Ding mit Federn, das in der Seele sich niederlässt.«

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127

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Hatje Cantz Verlag

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3775754857

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9783775754859

Juvenile Justice in Victorian Scotland

By: Christine Kelly

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Juvenile Justice in Victorian Scotland

By: Christine Kelly

How did Scotland's criminal justice system respond to marginalised street children who found themselves on the wrong side of the law, often for simple vagrancy or other minor offences? This book examines the historical criminalisation of Scotland's Victorian children, as well as revealing the history and early success of the Scottish day industrial school movement - a philanthropic response to juvenile offending hailed as 'magic' in Charles Dickens's Household Words. With case studies ranging from police courts to the High Court of Justiciary, the book offers a lively account of the way children experienced Scotland's early juvenile justice system.

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256

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Edinburgh University Press

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1474427359

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Endangered Sky

Sean Scully & Kelly Grovier

By: Kelly Grovier

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By: Kelly Grovier

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Hatje Cantz Verlag

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Art Since 1989 (World of Art)

By: Kelly Grovier

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Colour in Art

By: John Gage,Kelly Grovier

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Sean Scully Paintings and Watercolors

By: Sean Scully

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Sean Scully Paintings and Watercolors

By: Sean Scully

Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin/Madison, Oct. 22, 2011-Jan. 15, 2012.

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Sean Scully. Human. Ediz. A Colori

By: Carmelo Grasso,Abate Norberto Villa,Javier Molins

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Sean Scully. Human. Ediz. A Colori

By: Carmelo Grasso,Abate Norberto Villa,Javier Molins

A monograph dedicated to the great Irish-American artist and to Human, his new exhibition project for San Giorgio Maggiore Abbey in Venice."My work is an attempt to release the spirit"Sean ScullyPublished on the occasion of the exhibition in the historic church of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice, the volume gathers recent works and new, unseen pieces by the celebrated abstract artist who has created a series of new sculptures, paintings, drawings, and watercolour works directly inspired by the monks' Abbey of San Giorgio Maggiore, by their vast illuminated manuscript collections and by the 16th-century Benedictine church. Works instantly recognisable by Scully's visual vocabulary of horizontal and vertical stripes, which reflects fifty years of constant refining.The fulcrum of the catalogue is the new and impressive Opulent Ascension, a site-specific sculpture over ten meters high, constructed from stacked frames, each wrapped in rich and varying colours of felt: the different colours visually suggest the steps of a monumental, ascending ladder leading the eye and spirit heavenwards and revealing the genius of the artist, always able to surprise us with new stylistic formulas and symbolic references. A soaring, charismatic work that catalyses the observer, leading him to the fulcrum of the artist's creative idea and which embodies Scully's conviction that his work can serve as a conduit between the physical world we can see and a transcendent one to which the soul aspires.

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Skira Editore

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8857241238

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9788857241234

The Gaol

By: Kelly Grovier

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The Gaol

By: Kelly Grovier

For over 800 years, Newgate was the grimy axle around which British society slowly twisted. This was where such legendary outlaws as Robin Hood and Captain Kidd met their fates, where playwrights Ben Johnson and Christopher Marlowe sharpened their quills, and where flamboyant highwaymen made women swoon. While London's theatres came and went, the gaol remained, London's unofficial stage. From the Peasants' Revolt to the Great Fire, it was from Newgate that England's greatest dramas unfolded. By piecing together the lives of forgotten figures, as well as re-examining the prison's links with more famous individuals like Charles Dickens, this thrilling history goes in search of a ghostly place, erased by time, which inspired more art than any other structure in British history.

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0753184613

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Colour in Art

Colour in Art

The Art of Colour

The Art of Colour

Art Since 1989 (World of Art)

Art Since 1989 (World of Art)

Endangered Sky

Endangered Sky

Juvenile Justice in Victorian Scotland

Juvenile Justice in Victorian Scotland

Endangered Sky

Endangered Sky

Art Since 1989 (World of Art)

Art Since 1989 (World of Art)

Colour in Art

Colour in Art

Sean Scully Paintings and Watercolors

Sean Scully Paintings and Watercolors

Sean Scully. Human. Ediz. A Colori

Sean Scully. Human. Ediz. A Colori

The Gaol

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