Chromophobia

The central argument of Chromophobia is that a chromophobic impulse - a fear of corruption or contamination...
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Author: David Batchelor
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Language: English
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Chromophobia by Batchelor, David

Chromophobia

$481.99

Chromophobia

$481.99
Author: David Batchelor
Format: Paperback
Language: English
The central argument of Chromophobia is that a chromophobic impulse - a fear of corruption or contamination through color - lurks within much Western cultural and intellectual thought. This is apparent in the many and varied attempts to purge color, either by making it the property of some foreign body - the oriental, the feminine, the infantile, the vulgar, or the pathological - or by relegating it to the realm of the superficial, the supplementary, the inessential, or the cosmetic.

Chromophobia has been a cultural phenomenon since ancient Greek times; this book is concerned with forms of resistance to it. Writers have tended to look no further than the end of the nineteenth century. David Batchelor seeks to go beyond the limits of earlier studies, analyzing the motivations behind chromophobia and considering the work of writers and artists who have been prepared to look at color as a positive value. Exploring a wide range of imagery including Melville's great white whale, Huxley's reflections on mescaline, and Le Corbusier's journey to the East, Batchelor also discusses the use of color in Pop, Minimal, and more recent art.

Author: David Batchelor
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Published: 09/01/2000
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 8.14h x 5.93w x 0.32d
ISBN: 9781861890740

About the Author
David Batchelor is Senior Tutor in Critical Theory at the Royal College of Art, London. He is also the author of Minimalism (1997).

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