James Fox is an academic and multi-award-winning, BAFTA-nominated broadcaster, known for his many acclaimed BBC documentaries. He is Director of Studies in History of Art at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and Creative Director of the Hugo Burge Foundation, a charity dedicated to supporting the arts and crafts across Britain. He is also the author of the celebrated The World According to Colour: A Cultural History.
A book to brighten the dullest days
*The Times (Books of the Year)*
A brilliantly fluent and readable history of colour
*Spectator (Books of the Year)*
Fairly shimmers with Fox's eye for arresting facts and
anecdotes
*Times Literary Supplement*
Intelligent, vividly written ... I'm going to buy three copies
*The Times*
Flits with enthusiasm and lightly worn learning from Bronze Age
gold-workers to Turner, Titian to Yves Klein
*Daily Telegraph (Books of the Year)*
Colour becomes a philosophical feast - astrophysics, the origins of
civilisation, a palette of moral associations
*New Statesman (Books of the Year)*
A manual to navigate and enjoy the extraordinary design of the
world around us
*Mail on Sunday*
Leads down some wonderful rabbit holes
*Financial Times*
A book that makes you want to paint
*BBC History Magazine*
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