A Cultural History of Color in the Renaissance

A Cultural History of Color in the Renaissance covers the period 1400 to 1650, a time of change, conflict, and transformation. Innovations in color production transformed the material world of the Renaissance, especially in ceramics, cloth, and paint. Collectors across Europe prized colorful objects such as feathers and gemstones as material illustrations of foreign lands. The advances in technology and the increasing global circulation of colors led to new color terms enriching language. 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. Amy Buono is Assistant Professor at the Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at Chapman University, USA. Sven Dupre is Professor of History of Art, Science and Technology at Utrecht University and the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.Volume 3 in the Cultural History of Color set. General Editors: Carole P. Biggam and Kirsten Wolf>

Product details

• Authors: Amy Buono, Sven Dupre
• Assisted by: Amy Buono (Editor), Sven Dupré (Editor), Amy Buono (Editor of the series), Sven Dupré (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.05.2024
• EAN: 9781350459991
• ISBN: 978-1-350-45999-1
• No. of pages: 264
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 232 mm x 12 mm
• Series: The Cultural Histories Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; ART / History / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, ART / Reference, DESIGN / Fashion & Accessories, DESIGN / History & Criticism, DESIGN / Textile & Costume, HISTORY / Reference, ART / Color Theory, History of Art, Art techniques & principles, Reference works, History of art & design styles: c 1400 to c 1600, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Industrial / commercial art & design, 15th century, c 1400 to c 1499, Social and cultural history, history of design, History of fashion, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Renaissance art, Renaissance style, Fashion and textile design, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, Colours and colour theory