John Gage

A wide-ranging and engaging introduction to the place and power of colour in life and art by John Gage, author of the award-winning Colour and Culture. The complex phenomenon of colour has received detailed attention from the perspectives of physics, chemistry, physiology, psychology, linguistics and philosophy. However, the people who work most closely with colour - artists - have rarely...

Colour and Culture by John Gage is a groundbreaking, award-winning analysis of colour in Western culture, spanning from the ancient Greeks to the late twentieth century. It is authored by one of the most foremost experts on the subject. What does the language of colour tell us? Where does one colour begin and another end? Is it a radiant visual...

Is colour just a physiological phenomenon? Does it have an effect on feelings? This vividly written book, the sequel to the award-winning Colour and Culture, is ultimately informed by the conviction that the meaning of colour lies in the particular historical context in which it is experienced and interpreted. John Gage explores the mysteries of themes as diverse as the...