The Book of Colour Concepts (45th Edition)
Unveil humanity's 400-year quest to master color through 350+ dazzling images from rare manuscripts and seminal works. Explore Isaac Newton's Opticks, Goethe's Farbenlehre, and forgotten gems like Mary Gartside's radical "color blots", all meticulously reproduced from global archives.
This chromatic odyssey - curated by color historian Alexandra Loske - reveals how artists and scientists systematized hues into wheels, globes, and diagrams. A visual tool for designers, artists, and historians, celebrating color's enduring power to inspire.
- 2.55 lb
- 512 pages
- Printed in Bosnia & Herzegowina
- Released on 9/30/25
- Hardcover
- ISBN: 9783754401248
- Published By Taschen
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