出版社: Penguin Books
出版年: 2017-10-24
页数: 320
定价: USD 14.19
装帧: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780143131144
内容简介 · · · · · ·
The unforgettable, unknown history of colors and the vivid stories behind them in a beautiful multi-colored volume
“Beautifully written . . . Full of anecdotes and fascinating research, this elegant compendium has all the answers.” —NPR, Best Books of 2017
The Secret Lives of Color tells the unusual stories of seventy-five fascinating shades, dyes and hues. From blonde to ginge...
The unforgettable, unknown history of colors and the vivid stories behind them in a beautiful multi-colored volume
“Beautifully written . . . Full of anecdotes and fascinating research, this elegant compendium has all the answers.” —NPR, Best Books of 2017
The Secret Lives of Color tells the unusual stories of seventy-five fascinating shades, dyes and hues. From blonde to ginger, the brown that changed the way battles were fought to the white that protected against the plague, Picasso’s blue period to the charcoal on the cave walls at Lascaux, acid yellow to kelly green, and from scarlet women to imperial purple, these surprising stories run like a bright thread throughout history.
In this book, Kassia St. Clair has turned her lifelong obsession with colors and where they come from (whether Van Gogh’s chrome yellow sunflowers or punk’s fluorescent pink) into a unique study of human civilization. Across fashion and politics, art and war, the secret lives of color tell the vivid story of our culture.
“This passionate and majestic compedium will leave you bathed in the gorgeous optics of light.” —Elle
作者简介 · · · · · ·
Kassia St. Clair is a freelance journalist and author based in London. She graduated from Bristol University with a first-class honors degree in history in 2007 and went on to do a master’s degree at Oxford. There she wrote her dissertation on women’s masquerade costumes during the eighteenth century and graduated with distinction. She has since written about design and culture...
Kassia St. Clair is a freelance journalist and author based in London. She graduated from Bristol University with a first-class honors degree in history in 2007 and went on to do a master’s degree at Oxford. There she wrote her dissertation on women’s masquerade costumes during the eighteenth century and graduated with distinction. She has since written about design and culture for publications including The Economist, House & Garden, Quartz, and the New Statesman. She has had a column about color in Elle Decoration since 2013 and is a former assistant books and arts editor for The Economist.
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【豆瓣鉴书团】你说的黑是什么黑,你说的白是什么白
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题目是乱想的,跟内容关系不大。只是拿到书以后,脑海里不知道为什么就萦绕着这两句歌词。 评分三星半吧~ 卡西亚·圣克莱尔的《色彩的秘密生活》,封面的装帧十分好看,果然是关于“色彩”的图书,无论是加上外封,还是除去外封,皆色彩搭配十分漂亮。 书名由英文直译,“秘密... (展开)![](https://img2.doubanio.com/icon/u1088792-1.jpg)
【豆瓣鉴书团】打开秘密,爱上色彩
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【豆瓣鉴书团】你所不知道的色彩
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拿到书的那一秒 ,心情是愉悦的。封面虽简单却暗藏心机,内页五彩斑斓的页边也与所讲颜色契合。 在阅读这本书之前,也算对艺术有一定的了解,看过一些画展。却从来没有想过那些迷人的色彩来自何方,它们的融合碰撞何以成就那么多世界名画。而这本书让我有了这样的思考也从中获... (展开)![](https://img9.doubanio.com/icon/u3075649-26.jpg)
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许久没有读到这种轻松又涨知识的小书了,阅读的时候心情愉悦。缤纷的颜色本身大约有些特殊魔力,让人不自觉地喜悦起来。 所收文章来自作者在某杂志刊行的专栏文字,不艰深也不矫情。性质类似“豆知识”,零零碎碎的,但又不会无聊,很适合放松身心,或是填补一些时间缝隙。或许... (展开)![](https://img1.doubanio.com/icon/u63623117-10.jpg)
其实是在讲与色彩相关的故事
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其实就算认真读完了,也还是无法分辨同一色系下各种颜色的区别(相对而言甚至觉得口红色号都更好区分),可能画家会觉得亲切多了 每个颜色都讲了来历和发展,整体挺值得一读,确实长见识了,一想到好多颜色的古代制作都与炼金术有关,就觉得更加古典,而且作者引用了很多来源,所... (展开)![](https://img2.doubanio.com/icon/u152622238-51.jpg)
一本有重量的彩色图鉴
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在豆瓣鉴书团推这本书的时候,我立马就被简短的介绍吸引了,所以即使最后我并没有抽中一本赠书,还是立即拍下作为12月的必读书目。色彩不仅是绘画、更是生活中存在物体非常重要的组成部分之一,在诸多电影如《月升王国》、《佛罗里达乐园》、《洛丽塔》(1997版)、《两生花》... (展开)![](https://img1.doubanio.com/icon/user_normal.jpg)
【豆瓣鉴书团】这是一本关于色彩的历史
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0 有用 ichbinluz 2018-09-16 21:10:17
一开始还不错,掉书袋的部分很喜欢。后来就有点腻味了,像是颜色百科大全。3.5
0 有用 a little mark 2021-12-21 11:18:22
非常有趣的科普读物。
0 有用 米化 2021-09-17 05:04:45
不足。
0 有用 jiaojjj 2023-01-11 17:29:13 河北
各种颜色的小故事
0 有用 Youknow-la 2019-04-10 09:51:24
Strand Book Store, Greenwich Village, NY. 2019.03.01.
0 有用 jiaojjj 2023-01-11 17:29:13 河北
各种颜色的小故事
0 有用 a little mark 2021-12-21 11:18:22
非常有趣的科普读物。
0 有用 米化 2021-09-17 05:04:45
不足。
0 有用 🐳🌈 2021-04-20 17:43:21
色色八卦
0 有用 棹歌 2021-01-11 02:14:07
NYPL, SimplyE, Jan., 2021.