Colour and Meaning (Paperback) /anglais

About this book

Is colour just a physiological phenomenon? Does colour have an effect on feelings? This study argues that the meaning of colour like language lies in the particular historical contexts in which it is experienced. Three essays introduce the subject and the remaining chapters follow themes of colour chronologically from the early Middle Ages to the 20th century. Topics covered include medieval colour-symbolism the earliest history of the prism Newtons optical discoveries 19th-century psychologists and colour and 20th-century literature on colour in art.