The Story of Black

Informationen zum Autor John Harvey is a novelist and critic. He taught for the Cambridge English Faculty from 1974, and in 2000 became University Reader in Literature and Visual Culture. He is a Life Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He is the author of Men in Black (Reaktion, 1997) and The Story of Black (Reaktion, 2013). Klappentext As a colour! black is a single hue. It comes in no other shades. But despite its commonly accepted role as one half of a pair! in symbolic terms black envelops the entire spectrum of meaning. The Story of Black explores the ambiguous relationship the world's cultures have had with this often self-contradictory colour Zusammenfassung The Story of Black explores the ambiguous relationship the world’s cultures have had with this often self-contradictory colour, examining how black has been used as a tool and a metaphor in a multitude of startling ways.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: John Harvey, Harvey, J R Harvey, J R Harvey
• Editore: Reaktion Books
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 31.08.2015
• Categoria: Saggistica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie
• EAN: 9781780235110
• ISBN: 978-1-78023-511-0
• Numero di pagine: 336
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 15 x 23 x 2 cm
• Categorie: Religion, Analysis, Culture, Society, Cultural Studies, death, Metaphor, ART / Techniques / General, English, dying, Artists, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, coloring, Presentation, Artwork, Black, Melancholia, Criticism, Race, Representation, Racism, Art techniques & principles, EVIL, Enlightenment, Clothing, Literary theory, The Arts: techniques and principles, Weight, Designers, Clothes, contrast, meaning, Mourning, Goths, Priests, funerals, color; coloring; black; meaning; criticism; analysis; metaphor; representation; race; racism; racist connotations; cultural studies; culture; figurative meanings; melancholia; artists; artwork; artistic depictions; designers; clothing; clothes; death, Social expectations, artistic depictions, racist connotations, figurative meanings