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On a journey that takes her from Afghanistan, to the Australian outback, to ancient caves in China, and the saffron harvest in Spain, Victoria Finlay gives an account of the history of colour. Part travelogue, part narrative history, this volume unlocks the history of the colours of the rainbow, and reveals how paints came to be invented, discovered, traded and used. This account remembers a time when red paint was really the colour of blood, when orange was the poison pigment, blue as expensive as gold, and yellow made from the urine of cows force-fed with mangoes. It looks at how green was carried by yaks along the silk road, and how an entire nation was founded on the colour purple. This book lifts the lid on the historical palette and unearths a wealth of stories about the quest for colours, and our efforts to understand them.

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

You get your money's worth and change to spare ... Both picaresque and picturesque, it's a rich read. (Evening Standard)

This is a rare and wonderful book - a model of erudition and charm, the
writing elegant and precise, and with at least one new and fascinating
revelation on every single page. I could not be more enthusiastic.

(Simon Winchester, author of THE PROFESSOR AND THE)

It's pure pleasure to join this gutsy arts reporter-cum-scholar on her quest for historical pigments and dyes around the world ... Even drab (technically the tone between olive and puce) seems less so when Finlay examines it (Independent)

It's hard to criticise her spirit of cultural exploration and easy to share her intelligent enthusiasm . . .Packed with pertinent trivia . . . informative and fun (South China Morning Post)

Full of forgotten facts and beguiling anecdotes . . . it would be hard to confront a painting ever again without seeing in it a kind of coded map of the world (Telegraph)

Packed with facts, fables and anecdotes ... Finlay's detailed and brilliantly researched account makes for a fascinating read (Australian Interior Trends)

Victoria Finlay has unlocked the history of colour in this trawl through some little-known history (Courier Mail ( Australia))

An irresistible cornucopia ...Her travels are Marco Polish; her research vast but lightly worn. The whole book is an infectious delight. (RTE Guide)
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On a journey that takes her from Afghanistan, to the Australian outback, to ancient caves in China, and the saffron harvest in Spain, Victoria Finlay gives an extraordinary, and compelling account of the history of colour.

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  • EditoreSceptre
  • Data di pubblicazione2002
  • ISBN 10 0340733284
  • ISBN 13 9780340733288
  • RilegaturaCopertina rigida
  • Numero di pagine512
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