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Color Codes: Modern Theories of Color in Philosophy, Painting and Architecture, Literature, Music, and Psychology

by Charles A., II Riley

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"The first thing to realize about the study of color in our time is its uncanny ability to evade all attempts to systematically codify it," writes Charles A. Riley in this series of interconnected essays on the uses and meanings of color.

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"In his wonderful book, Charles Riley makes color more graspable, more at hand than ever before. At the same time he enhances, indeed, seems to fuel our appreciation of the excitement of color". — Frank Stella, artist and author of Working Space

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A multidisciplinary look at the role of color in contemporary aesthetics.
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ISBN:
9780874517422
Author:
Riley, Charles A., II
Publisher:
University Press of New England
Author:
Riley, Charles A., II
Subject:
Modern
Subject:
Color
Subject:
History & Surveys - Modern
Subject:
Color Theory
Subject:
Arts
Subject:
Philosophy
Subject:
Color in art
Subject:
Art-Color Theory
Publication Date:
19961031
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TRADE PAPER
Language:
English
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Pages:
373
Dimensions:
9.18x6.00x1.12 in. 1.27 lbs.
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