Nature's Palette: A Colour Reference System from the Natural World | 誠品線上

Nature's Palette: A Colour Reference System from the Natural World

內容簡介

內容簡介 自然色彩圖鑑將大自然顏色系統歸納，專業程度媲美色票！在彩色攝影發明之前，人們以自然界生物的顏色來為色彩命名。精美且具歷史感的色彩圖鑑，紀錄藝術與科學的美妙交會！早在彩色攝影發明之前，維爾納在1814年所創的色彩命名法，為自然界的物種建立通用的顏色參考系統，1821年此系統由Patrick Syme擴增。200年後，Nature's Palette將當年所引用的動物、蔬菜、礦物質增加了18、19世紀藝術品插圖，並且說明了色彩標準在動物學、植物學、礦物學等的使用以及發展。插圖精美細緻、每個標本的顏色及對應的色版，極富收藏價值。Key Sales Information• Marks the 200th anniversary of the publication of Patrick Syme’s expanded edition of Werner’s pioneering work, invaluable to artists and naturalists, including Charles Darwin, who took it on his voyage on the H.M.S. Beagle.• For the first time ever Werner’s Nomenclature of Colours is fully illustrated with examples of every animal, vegetable and mineral referenced in a gorgeous array of 18th- and 19th-century prints, illustrations and paintings.• Essays from specialists in their field, interleaved between the chromatic spectrum, discuss the influence of Werner’s seminal work on the development of ornithology, botany, minerology and anatomy during the 19th century.DescriptionFirst published in 1814 and expanded in 1821 – long before the era of colour photography or print – Syme’s edition of Werner’s Nomenclature of Colours attempted to establish a universal colour reference system to help identify, classify and represent species from the natural world. Werner’s set of 54 colour standards was enhanced by Patrick Syme with the addition of colour swatches and further references from nature, taking the total number of hues classified to 110. The resulting resource proved invaluable not only to artists but also to zoologists, botanists, mineralogists and anatomists.In Nature’s Palette this technicolour trove has, for the first time, been enhanced with the addition of illustrations of the animals, vegetables and minerals Werner referenced alongside each colour swatch and accompanied by expert text explaining the uses and development of colour standards in relation to zoology, botany, minerology and anatomy. This fully realized colour catalogue includes elegant contemporary illustrations of every animal, plant or mineral that Syme cited. Readers can see for themselves Tile Red in the Cock Bullfinch’s breast, Shrubby Pimpernel and Porcelain Jasper; or admire the Berlin Blue that Syme identified on the wing feathers of a Jay, in the Hepatica flower and in Blue Sapphire. Displays of contemporary collector’s cabinets of birds, butterflies, eggs, flowers and minerals are interspersed at intervals throughout the compendium, with individual specimens colour matched to colour swatches. Still a much-loved reference among artists, naturalists and everyone fascinated by colour today, Werner’s Nomenclature of Colours finds its fullest expression in this beautiful and comprehensive colour reference system."

作者介紹

作者介紹 Patrick BatyPatrick Baty is the author of The Anatomy of Colour and owner of Papers and Paints, a specialist paint business in London. His great grandfather, the artist Robert Bevan, was described by a former director of the National Gallery as being 'perhaps the first Englishman to use pure colour in the 20th century'. He runs a consultancy that advises on the use of paint and colours in historic buildings and has worked with Dulux and Little Greene to develop ranges of traditional paint colours for English Heritage. He also lectures frequently on the subject of paint and colour of the 18th and 19th centuries.

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最佳賣點

最佳賣點 : The first-ever visual expansion of Werner’s Nomenclature of Colours, featuring over 800 illustration references from the natural world.