BRIGHT EARTH: THE INVENTION OF COLOUR
Book ID/图书代码： 03540016B87025
English Summary/英文概要： From Egyptian wall paintings to the Venetian Renaissance, impressionism to digital images, Philip Ball tells the fascinating story of how art, chemistry, and technology have interacted throughout the ages to render the gorgeous hues we admire on our walls and in our museums.
Finalist for the 2002 National Book Critics Circle Award.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 赤橙黃綠青藍紫…
我們的生活因為有這些美麗的顏色而變得豐富多彩，絢爛美麗。可是你知道每種顏色的來歷嗎？
本書作者Philip Ball將以一個個動聽奇妙的小故事，帶您進入顏色的藝術世界。版權已售義大利，法國，芬蘭，西班牙，韓國以及阿根廷
本書對藝術與顏色的科學性做出了傑出的探索，及時補充相關知識的匱乏。
藝術作品中的顏色和現實生活中的顏色一樣，既啟發靈感，又鼓舞人心。但是顏色到底是怎麼產生的呢？
藝術家是如何找到新的色調？同時這些新的色調又是如何影響到他們的工作的呢？帶著這些古老而陳舊的疑問，作者用圖表的方式介紹了現代繪畫藝術的壯麗成就，告訴讀者顏色的故事亦是鮮活生動，栩栩如生。書中俯拾皆是在探尋新顏色時發生的奇聞異事，既有失敗倒楣的情況，也有輕鬆成功的幸運事件。該書以輕鬆愉快，神奇獨特的新視覺闡釋了科學的藝術。（XMM）
Awards/获奖情况：Sold in Italy, France, Finland, Spain, Korea and Argentina. `一部令人印象深刻的科普知識執導作品。
`Impressive guide’---Guardian
這是一部對西方繪畫藝術的最新研究著作，簡潔明瞭，佈局優美。
“a succinct and elegantly structured new survey of Western painting”---Daily Mail
本書極好的證明了這一點：當化學，美學和歷史學適當地融合到一起時，成果將變得更加光彩奪目，熠熠生輝。
“a persuasive demonstration that chemistry, aesthetics and history shine brighter when properly mixed”---BBC History Magazine
Bright Earth 一書充滿了神奇美麗的小插曲，為藝術與科技的關係提供了意想不到的遠景。
“‘Bright Earth’ is full of … fascinating vignettes which provide unexpected vistas on the relation between art and technology” ---Sunday Telegraph
一部與眾不同的藝術史記錄，非常吸引人。
“A fascinatingly different account of the history of art.”—Scotland on Sunday
About the Author/作者介绍： 菲力浦.保爾目前是一位自由撰稿人，《自然》雜誌的諮詢編輯，並且之前在該雜誌擔任物理科學專欄的編輯。他定期為科學雜誌和大眾媒體撰寫文章，出版了眾多有關科學題材的書，其中包括The Self-Made Tapestry: Pattern Formation in Nature, H2O: A Biography of Water, The Devil’s Doctor: Paracelsus and the World of Renaissance Magic and Science, 以及 Critical Mass: How One Thing Leads To Another等。而且，Critical Mass一書獲得了2005年英國艾凡提斯科學圖書大獎（Aventis Prize for Science Books）。保爾最近推出的新書有小說The Sun and Moon Corrupted，科普著作Universe of Stone: Chatres Cathedral and the Triumph of the Medieval Mind, 以及Nature’s Patterns。作者曾與布裡斯托大學獲得博士學位，在音樂方面也取得不少成就。目前，作者與家人住在倫敦。Philip Ball is a freelance writer and a consultant editor for Nature, where he previously worked as an editor for physical sciences. He writes regularly in the scientific and popular media, and his many books on scientific subjects include The Self-Made Tapestry: Pattern Formation in Nature, H2O: A Biography of Water, The Devil’s Doctor: Paracelsus and the World of Renaissance Magic and Science, and Critical Mass: How One Thing Leads To Another, which won the 2005 Aventis Prize for Science Books. His latest books are The Sun and Moon Corrupted, a novel, Universe of Stone: Chatres Cathedral and the Triumph of the Medieval Mind, and Nature’s Patterns. Philip obtained a PhD in physics from the University of Bristol – where he also played a lot of music.
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