![]() ![]() Her journeys take her from the Australian outback in search of the ochre the Aborigines once mined and collected in dishes made of bark to the red of cochineal beetles cultivated on Chilean plantations to a conference demonstration in Amsterdam on how to obtain legendary Tyrian purple from a vat of fermenting snails. Not least among these are her own experiences and cogent observations while on the trail of each color. She draws on many sources in both the hard and soft sciences, art history, and theology. Beginning with the earthy hues first employed by humans in their earliest expressions of art and moving through the spectrum in proper order, Finlay presents what amounts to each color’s story. A well-rounded exploration of the properties and associations of colors from an engagingly personal vantage.įinlay, former arts editor for the South China Morning Post, is a British citizen living in Hong Kong, where she is a regular contributor to both local newspapers and London’s The Sunday Times on art and travel, the twin subjects of the current volume, her first. ![]()
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