A Cultural History of Color in the Modern Age covers the period
1920 to the present, a time of extraordinary developments in colour
science, philosophy, art, design and technologies. The expansion of
products produced with synthetic dyes was accelerated by mass
consumerism as artists, designers, architects, writers, theater and
filmmakers made us a 'color conscious' society. This influenced
what we wore, how we chose to furnish and decorate our homes, and
how we responded to the vibrancy and chromatic eclecticism of
contemporary visual cultures.The volume brings together research on
how philosophers, scientists, linguists and artists debated color's
polyvalence, its meaning to different cultures, and how it could be
measured, manufactured, manipulated and enjoyed. Color shapes an
individual's experience of the world and also how society gives
particular spaces, objects, and moments meaning. The 6 volume set
of the Cultural History of Color examines how color has been
created, traded, used, and interpreted over the last 5000 years.
The themes covered in each volume are color philosophy and science;
color technology and trade; power and identity; religion and
ritual; body and clothing; language and psychology; literature and
the performing arts; art; architecture and interiors; and
artefacts. Anders Steinvall is Senior Lecturer in English
Linguistics at Umea University, Sweden. Sarah Street is Professor
of Film at the University of Bristol, UK. Volume 6 in the Cultural
History of Color set. General Editors: Carole P. Biggam and Kirsten
Wolf
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