{"product_id":"a-cultural-history-of-color-in-the-age-of-industry-9781350460201","title":"A Cultural History of Color in the Age of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Cultural History of Color in the Age of Industry\u003c\/i\u003e covers the period 1800 to 1920, when the world embraced color like never before. Inventions, such as steam power, lithography, photography, electricity, motor cars, aviation, and cheaper color printing, all contributed to a new exuberance about color. Available pigments and colored products - made possible by new technologies, industrial manufacturing, commercialization, and urbanization  also greatly increased, as did illustrated printed literature for the mass market. Color, both literally and metaphorically, was splashed around, and became an expressive tool for artists, designers, and writers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Color shapes an individual's experience of the world and also how society gives particular spaces, objects, and moments meaning. The 6 volume set of the \u003ci\u003eCultural History of Color\u003c\/i\u003e examines how color has been created, traded, used, and interpreted over the last 5000 years. The themes covered in each volume are color phi\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48885448573271,"sku":"9781350460201","price":25.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350460201.jpg?v=1722536434","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-cultural-history-of-color-in-the-age-of-industry-9781350460201","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}