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Colour: Travels through the Paintbox (Paperback)

by Victoria Finlay (Author)
5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 384 pages
  • Publisher: Sceptre (19 Sep 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0340733284
  • ISBN-13: 978-0340733288
  • Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 14.2 x 5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 665,766 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'Packed with stories, anecdotes and adventures. A full rainbow ... as vivid as the colours themselves'

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'Victoria Finlay has unlocked the history of colour in this trawl through some little-known history'

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5.0 out of 5 stars An art history student's answer to prayer, 3 Oct 2002
I've been looking for a book like this for ages. Victoria Finlay's sub-title (Travels Through the Paint-box)describes this fascinating tome well.It is partly an autobiographical travelogue and partly a history of all the colours of the rainbow. There are several useful maps and some stunning photographs - I suppose more would have put the price up too much. Because she covers so many colours there is a tendency sometimes to feel 'I wish she had gone more deeply into that,' but the excellent bibliography and end-notes will enable me to research further into those areas. This should be in all art department libraries and on the bookshelves of all art students who can afford it. If I hadn't bought it already it would be top of my Christmas list.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Gobsmacking, 7 Aug 2005
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This is truely amazing - always fascinated by colour, but never, ever would I have guessed at the amazing stories behind them. So many unrelated puzzling trivials have been answered in this book, the old masters can be seen in a new light, even to an art heathen, the fact that the paintings have survived this long is indeed a feat of outstanding wonder, given the careful chemistry and make up of the materials they had to work with. A truely amazing, fascinating historical book, beautifully written, and I'm so glad I've had the opportunity to read it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Tremendously beautiful, 29 Jan 2004
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When you take things for granted you usually do not understand their importance and beauty. This happens with colours. Victoria Finlay's book invites us to look at our surrounding world with different eyes and teaches us to stare with fascination at colours. It is a beautiful book that takes us on a journey around the world, allowing us to meet extremely interesting people that have so much to tell on something as beautiful as colours. When you finish reading it, you wish the rainbow had not only 7, but hundreds of colours!!! A must read for curious minds....
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