Stella Paul
Hardcover | 21.6 x 2.7 x 25.6 cm | 296 pp
Phaidon | 2017 | 9780714873510
This vibrant and compelling book uses 240 artworks as case studies to tell the story of ten individual colours or colour groups. It explores the history and meaning of each colour in art, highlighting fascinating tales of discovery and artistic passion, and offering easily accessible explanations of the science and theory behind specific colours. From Isaac Newton's optics to impressionist theory, from the dynamics of Josef Albers to the contemporary metaphysics of Olafur Eliasson, this book shows how colour paints our world.
Review
Stella Paul has written a most useful and readable book on the complex subject of colour which addresses expertly both its material and affective properties. The many works of art that she illustrates are in her well balanced text not merely data for a clinical examination of colour, but a source of sensitive analysis and interpretation. Philippe de Montebello, Director Emeritus, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
