Colour and Meaning : Art, Science and Symbolism Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize Nominee for Comic Fiction (2008) Drawing on numerous firsthand accounts

Drawing on numerous firsthand accounts and public records

in the twenty-first century

a Jewish doctor with his wife and son in a makeshift cellar under the kitchen floorboards

Robert Plant—all with new introductions and footnotes

Colour and Meaning : Art, Science and Symbolism Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize Nominee for Comic Fiction (2008) Drawing on numerous firsthand accountsIs colour just a physiological phenomenon? Does colour have an effect on feelings? This study argues that the meaning of colour, like language, lies in the particular historical contexts in which it is experienced. Three essays introduce the subject, and the remaining chapters follow themes of colour chronologically, from the early Middle Ages to the 20th century. Topics covered include medieval colour symbolism, the earliest history of the prism,