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Color Charts - A History
Anne Varichon; Translated by Pen and Ink Art Translations
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A beautifully illustrated history of the many inventive, poetic,
and beautiful ways in which color swatches have been selected and
staged The need to categorize and communicate color has mobilized
practitioners and scholars for centuries. Color Charts describes
the many different methods and ingenious devices developed since
the fifteenth century by doctors, naturalists, dyers, and painters
to catalog fragments of colors. With the advent of industrial
society, manufacturers and merchants developed some of the most
beautiful and varied tools ever designed to present all the
available colors. Thanks to them, society has discovered the
abundance of color embodied in a plethora of materials: cuts of
fabric, leather, paper, and rubber; slats of wood and linoleum;
delicate skeins of silk; careful deposits of paint and pastels;
fragments of lipstick; and arrangements of flower petals. These
samples shape a visual culture and a chromatic vocabulary and
instill a deep desire for color. Anne Varichon traces the emergence
of modern color charts from a set of processes developed over the
centuries in various contexts. She presents illuminating examples
that bring this remarkable story to life, from ancient writings
revealing attention to precise shade to contemporary designers’
color charts, dyers’ notebooks, and Werner’s famous color
nomenclature. Varichon argues that color charts have linked
generations of artists, artisans, scientists, industrialists, and
merchants, and have played an essential and enduring role in the
way societies think about color. Drawing on nearly two hundred
documents from public and private collections, almost all of them
previously unpublished, this wonderfully illustrated book shows how
the color chart, in its many distinct forms and expressions, is a
practical tool that has transcended its original purpose to become
an educational aid and subject of contemplation worthy of being
studied and admired.
You're about to meet so many incredible humans. Are you ready hun?
Celebrate some of the modern-day trailblazers, champions and icons
who have shaped, or are shaping our world, from well-known public
figures and allies to others you will wish you had heard of
earlier. Covering topics including coming out, gender, mental
health and activism, this book is packed full of empowering quotes,
inspiring life lessons and helpful advice that will encourage you
to embrace your story and find your power.
A ground-breaking anthology of the best contemporary northern
writing, showcasing the wealth of literary talent in the North of
England. 'Test Signal ... is testament to the fact that there is no
singular prescription of what it means to be a northern writer and
no such thing as a definitive northern voice; instead it celebrates
a community of writers, each telling a different story in their own
words' JESSICA ANDREWS bridges over the Tyne / crumbling coastlines
/ influencers' online worlds / asylum applications / packed train
carriages / forgotten village social clubs / family in Nigeria /
holidays in Greece / shining university campuses / ghosts in city
cemeteries / jobs in London / teenage explorations / monstrous
graffiti / suburban woodland We are the North With ground-breaking
new authors, a thriving independent publishing scene and vibrant
grass-roots networks, the North is driving a revolution in new
literature. This anthology showcases the best of its talent, from
every corner of the region and across all its vibrant genres. Some
contributors are well-known established names, others are
newcomers; all of them are part of the new northern writing scene.
This is Test Signal Adam Farrer / Amy Stewart / Andrew Michael
Hurley / Carmen Marcus / Crista Ermiya / Desiree Reynolds / Jane
Claire Bradley / Jenna Isherwood / J. A. Mensah / Kit Fan / Lara
Williams / Laura Bui / Matt Wesolowski / Melissa Wan / Naomi Booth
/ Rebecca Hill / Robert Williams / Sammy Wright / Sara Sherwood /
Sharon Telfer / Tawseef Khan / Tricia Cresswell
Due to the lack of success in climate change mitigation efforts,
the importance of adaptation is becoming more and more apparent and
is now one of the main imperatives of international research and
action. However, research on adaptation is mostly not directly
applicable to adaptation policy or practice, leaving a gap between
scientific results and practical advice for decision makers and
planners. This book seeks to address this problem and bridge the
gap and should provide readers with practical and applicable
information on climate change adaptation. Following an
introduction, the book is organised into four main sections, each
reflecting an essential component in the adaptation process.
Climate change adaptation is an emerging subject area and has
gained increased political and academic attention within the last
decade. Whereas most books in the field focus on adaptation in
developing countries, this volume provides an examination of
predominantly European policy and offers inter-disciplinary insight
into cutting edge knowledge and lessons learnt in a relatively new
field of implementation.
Due to the lack of success in climate change mitigation efforts,
the importance of adaptation is becoming more and more apparent and
is now one of the main imperatives of international research and
action. However, research on adaptation is mostly not directly
applicable to adaptation policy or practice, leaving a gap between
scientific results and practical advice for decision makers and
planners. This book seeks to address this problem and bridge the
gap and should provide readers with practical and applicable
information on climate change adaptation. Following an
introduction, the book is organised into four main sections, each
reflecting an essential component in the adaptation process.
Climate change adaptation is an emerging subject area and has
gained increased political and academic attention within the last
decade. Whereas most books in the field focus on adaptation in
developing countries, this volume provides an examination of
predominantly European policy and offers inter-disciplinary insight
into cutting edge knowledge and lessons learnt in a relatively new
field of implementation.
Government and governance will be very different in the future than
anticipated by the literature in the field.
Government and governance will be very different in the future than
anticipated by the literature in the field.
In the popular imagination, artificial intelligence (AI) is usually
portrayed as a divine entity that makes “just” and
“objective” decisions. Yet AI is anything but intelligent.
Rather, it recognises in large amounts of data what it has been
trained to recognise. Like a sniffer dog, it finds exactly what it
has been taught to look for. In performing this task, it is much
more efficient than any human being – but this precisely is also
its problem. AI only mirrors or repeats what it has been instructed
to reflect. Seen in this light, it may be viewed as a kind of
digital “house of mirrors”. Humans train machines, and these
machines are only as good or as bad as the humans who train them.
Based on this insight, the publication addresses not only
algorithmic bias or discrimination in AI, but also AI-related
issues such as hidden human labour, the problem of categorisation
and classification – and our ideas and fantasies about AI. It
also raises the question whether (and how) it is possible to
reclaim agency in this context. Text in English and German.
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