Color - Faber Birren - 1963

"It is a source of unending surprise and pleasure to note how broad man's interest in color has been, how far back it goes, and how many different courses it has taken. To explore the mysteries of color, one may follow many intriguing pathways through many fields of learning -- history, anthropology, geology, religion, mythology, mysticism, art, painting, sculpture, architecture, literature, culture, tradition, superstition, symbolism, astrology, alchemy, science, physics, chemistry, psychology, optics, medicine, natural history -- and a long list of lesser areas of inquiry. All yield up information concerning color -- baffling, contradictory, challenging, illuminating... The story of color is almost the story of civilization itself. Man's love of color is as old as his time on earth..." One of the world's foremost authorities on the meaning and use of color has here written an overall history of color from the days of the wood gods to the present. - Color: A Survey in Words and Pictures from Ancient Mysticism to Modern Science - Faber Birren Published 1963, Citadel Press, Secaucus, New Jersey [First paperbound printing] Softcover. Approx. 7.5x10.5in. 223pp. Spine creased. Covers show some wear. Otherwise in good vintage condition.