The history of art is inseparable from the history of color. And what a fascinating story they tell together: one that brims with an all-star cast of characters

'Extraordinary. An intellectual feast as well as a visual one' Edmund de Waal, author of The Hare with Amber Eyes The world comes to us in colour. But colour li

This beautifully illustrated volume explores the history of color across five centuries of European painting, unfolding layers of artistic, cultural, and politi

About the history of the color black, its various meanings and representations.