Tate: Color: A Visual History : Book By Alexandra Loske

The history of color is rich and vivid and this book perfectly documents it. From Isaac Newton's investigations through to Olafur Eliasson's experiential creations, this book documents the fascinating story of color with an extraordinary collection of original color material that includes charts, wheels, artists' palettes, swatches and schemes.

'In 1704, the scientist Isaac Newton published Opticks, the result of many years of researching light and color. By splitting white light, Newton identified the visible range of colors, or the rainbow spectrum. In Opticks, he built a color system around his findings, and he visualised this system in a circular shape, making it one of the first printed color wheels.

The influence of Newton and his followers, combined with the invention of many new pigments as well as watercolors in moist cake form, had made painting with color an exciting occupation not just for serious artists but also for a much wider audience. The color revolution had begun.'

Alexandra Loske is an art historian, curator and editor with a particular interest in late eighteenth and early nineteenth century European art and architecture. She was born and grew up in Germany, came to England in 1997 and has been working at the University of Sussex since 1999. She has lectured and published widely on the history of art, and color in particular. Since 2015 she has been a curator at the Royal Pavilion & Brighton Museums and has curated a number of exhibitions and displays.

• Size: 22.2 x 2.6 x 28.4 cm
• Format: Hardcover, 240pp
• ISBN-13: 978-1781573990
• Publisher: Ilex Press