The Colours of Our Memories
by Michel Pastoureau
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A journal about colors that covers the period 1950-2010 traces the recent history of colors in France and Europe through personal memories, notes and comments, and scholarly historical digressions.Tags
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For those interested in color, fashion, history, and art , Michel Pastoureau's "The Colours of Our Memories" is a must read. Pastoreau is one of the few writers along with Victoria Finlay, John Gage, and Philip Ball who dives into the social, political, spiritual, and artistic realms of color. "The Colours of Our Memories" is an important and engaging read.
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Michel Pastoureau is Chair of the History of Medieval Symbolism at the cole pratique des hautes tudes in Paris and one of the world's leading authorities on the history of colours. His many previous books include Blue, Black, Green, Red and Yellow.
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- Canonical title*
- Les couleurs de nos souvenirs
- Original title
- Les couleurs de nos souvenirs
- Original language*
- Français
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, History, Art & Design, Biography & Memoir
- DDC/MDS
- 155.91145 — Philosophy and Psychology Psychology Differential and developmental psychology Environmental psychology Influence of physical environment and conditions Influence of sensory stimuli Visual perception Colour
- LCC
- BF789 .C7 .P365 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Psychology Psychology
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- Languages
- English, French, Italian, Spanish
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 8
- ASINs
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