Renaissance Colour Symbolism - Roy Osborne - Bog

Renaissance Colour Symbolism brings together texts and translations of the four earliest printed books on the meaning of colours: Le Blason de toutes armes et ?scutz (1495) by Jean Courtois, the Sicily Herald, Le Blason des couleurs en armes, livr?es et devises (1527) by Gilles Corrozet, Libellus de coloribus (1528) by Antonio Telesio (Thylesius), and Del significato de? colori (1535) by Fulvio Pellegrino Morato. Parts of three other early books are included, from The Accedens of Armory (1562) by Gerard Legh, Trattato dell?arte della pittura, scoltura, et archittetura (1584) by Giovanni Paolo Lomazzo, and A Tracte Containing the Artes of Curious Paintinge, Carvinge and Buildinge (1598) by Richard Haydocke. Roy Osborne is an artist, educator and historian, and author of books on colour. He was awarded the Turner Medal of the Colour Group (Great Britain) in 2003, and the Colour in Art, Design and Environment Medal of the International Colour Association in 2019.