Color and Meaning Tapa dura - 1999

University of California Press. GF160 1999, hardcover met stofomslag, goed exemplaar / good copy

First printing (number line contains "1").
Book cover like new, slight wear at end caps - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new.
Jacket like new, light shelf wear.
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Is color just a physiological reaction, a sensation resulting from different wave lengths of light on receptors in our eyes? Does color have an effect on our feelings? The phenomenon of color is examined in extraordinary new ways in John Gage's latest book. His pioneering study is informed by the conviction that color is a contingent, historical occurrence whose meaning, like language, lies in the particular contexts in which it is experienced and interpreted.Gage covers topics as diverse as the optical mixing techniques implicit in mosaic; medieval color-symbolism; the equipment of the manuscript illuminator's workshop, the color languages and color practices of Latin America at the time of the Spanish Conquest; the… Leer más

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

University of California Press, 1999-06-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!