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.
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
發表於2024-10-01
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不開玩笑,粉色真的會讓男人變娘的。 《色彩的秘密生活》裏關於粉色的故事中講述瞭關於“貝剋米勒粉”的秘密:據說在多次科學實驗中,多款美國硬漢在長時間觀看這款粉色之後,都變得體力減弱、攻擊力降低、情緒平緩,簡言之就是很“娘相”。當時的人們腦洞確實大,不但把監獄、...
評分【2-泛讀-色彩學】第一次瞭解到色彩學這個學科,纔知道自己為什麼喜歡印象派作傢,自己為什麼在穿搭上喜歡某幾種搭配方式,而不是某種風格,纔知道自己為什麼癡迷於布達佩斯大飯店。歸根結底,因為色彩的力量,我毫無知覺的在對色彩的熱愛中活著,這種無知覺的喜歡體現在對房屋...
評分 評分一點也不秘密啦,就是一本打開色彩秘密的書。 最近在裝修房子,牆麵乳膠漆我想能夠有些變化,不是簡單的白色。當設計師拿齣一疊色卡的時候,我真是暈倒。我買過的最豐富的彩鉛是72色,實際能用上的也不超過24色。拿到書後,我做的第一件事情是取齣彩鉛,看看能不能對上書裏的這...
圖書標籤: 藝術 色彩 Art 藝術史 Arts 設計 觀念史 生活
一開始還不錯,掉書袋的部分很喜歡。後來就有點膩味瞭,像是顔色百科大全。3.5
評分一開始還不錯,掉書袋的部分很喜歡。後來就有點膩味瞭,像是顔色百科大全。3.5
評分Strand Book Store, Greenwich Village, NY. 2019.03.01.
評分印刷美爆瞭,這纔是紙質書的精華T T 前半部分直到紅色都還風格迥異,但是後麵的顔色有點韆篇一律瞭,不知道是顔色本身無趣還是作者寫不動瞭..不過對於我這種顔控還是一本超級滿足的書
評分一開始還不錯,掉書袋的部分很喜歡。後來就有點膩味瞭,像是顔色百科大全。3.5
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