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9780099474913

Chroma

by  Derek Jarman, Ali Smith (Introduction by)


ISBN-10: 0099474913

ISBN-13: 9780099474913

$12.68




Book Specs



Binding

Trade Paper

Publisher

Vintage

Published on  

Jan 19, 1995

Edition  

1st Edition

Dimensions  

5.08x0.39x7.80 Inches

Weight  

0.27 Pounds

About the Book

A poetic, passionate and intensely personal exploration of colour written during the final year of Derek Jarman's life -- with a new introduction by Ali Smith.

In Chroma, his most poetic and lyrical book, Derek Jarman explores the uses of colour. Shifting across the spectrum and from the medieval to the modern, he draws on the work of great colour theorists from Pliny to Leonardo. Interwoven with these musings are evocative memories from Jarman's childhood and illustrious career, along with reflections on his deteriorating health.

Written a year before Jarman's death, and as his eyesight was failing, this is an intensely personal work; a paean from an artist seeking to memorialise the extraordinary power of colour even while it receded from his own life.