The Colours of Our Memories
$32.79
- Paperback
230 pages
- Release Date
13 January 2022
Summary
The Colours of Our Memories: A Journey Through Time and Hue
What remains of the colours of our childhood? What are our memories of a blue rabbit, a red dress, a yellow bike – and were they really those colours? What colours do we associate with our student years, our first loves, our adult lives? How does colour leave its mark on memory?
In an attempt to answer these and other questions, Michel Pastoureau presents us with a journal about colours that covers half a century. D…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780745655727 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0745655726 |
| Author: | Michel Pastoureau |
| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Imprint: | Polity Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 230 |
| Release Date: | 13 January 2022 |
| Weight: | 318g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 15mm |
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“The Colours of Our Memories is…history, memoir, semiotics, a study of material culture and perceptual change – all wrapped into an engagingly readable, accessible narrative full of intriguing topics that few people ever think about unprodded but will find invariably interesting, even fascinating.” Consciousness, Literature and the Arts
About The Author
Michel Pastoureau
Michel Pastoureau is chair of the history of medieval symbolism at the École pratique des hautes études 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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