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About the Author
Spike Bucklow is Senior Research Scientist at the Hamilton Kerr Institute, University of Cambridge. His other publications include The Alchemy of Paint (2009) and The Riddle of the Image: The Secret Science of Medieval Art (Reaktion, 2014), which won the ACE/Mercers' International Book Award 2015.
Reviews
Part material history, part cultural inquiry, Bucklow s fine book traces the origins and applications of the reds that have surrounded us since humans first sought to apply the color to their habitats and their bodies. Above all it reminds us that red is never a simple matter. Red is mysterious and it is fugitive: often difficult to make and to make fast, it is equally slippery in the human imagination. From red mists to red herrings by way of red lines and red rags, it is perhaps the most unquiet and unsettling colour of all. --David Batchelor, author of the Luminous and the Grey"
Book Information
ISBN 9781780235912
Author Spike Bucklow
Format Hardback
Page Count 240
Imprint Reaktion Books
Publisher Reaktion Books