Michel-Eugène Chevreul, color, and the dangers of excessive variety -- From blue roses to yellow violets : flowers and the cultivation of color -- Impressionism's chemical aesthetic : the materials and meanings of color -- Fireworks : color, fantasy, and the visual culture of modern enchantment -- Chromolithography : posters, trade cards, and the politics of ephemera collecting in fin-de-siècle France -- Epilogue : autochromes and neo-impressionism : the end of the age of impressionism
Summary
"Analyzes the impact of color technologies on the visual culture of nineteenth-century France, from the early commercialization of synthetic dyes to the Lumiere brothers' perfection of the autochrome color photography process. Examines the development of the basic aesthetic schemata of modern visual culture"--Provided by publisher
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-258) and index
