Kassia St Clair
Auteur de The Secret Lives of Color
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- Date de naissance
- c. 1980s
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- UK
- Lieux de résidence
- London, England, UK
- Professions
- journalist
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 3
- Membres
- 1,878
- Popularité
- #13,711
- Évaluation
- 4.1
- Critiques
- 44
- ISBN
- 35
- Langues
- 6
- Favoris
- 1
In looking at images of famous paintings, I had no idea that many of the colors they had to choose from were not permanent. Some of them would color shift just from being next to certain other colors. Sometimes artist would put a layer of varnish between colors that wanted to interact with each other - how tedious.
It was interesting to read about the discovery, manufacture, quirks, and life span of colors as laws changed, fashion changed, or when less finicky or less expensive alternatives became available.
The beautiful colors on the edge of the pages are often less vivid than the described color. (2017 Penguin hardcover edition)… (plus d'informations)