Colours of London: The City in Colour (1850?1960)

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Peter Ackroyd turns his gaze to the colours of London in this fascinating and visually engaging work, exploring how the city's many hues have come to shape its history and identity.?? Think of the colours of London and what do you imagine? The reds of open-top buses, phone boxes and terracotta bricks? The grey smog of Victorian industry, Portland stone?and pigeons in Trafalgar square? Or the gradations of?yellows, violets and blues that shimmer on the Thames at sunset ? reflecting the incandescent light of a city that never truly goes dark. We associate green with royal parks and the District Line;?gold with royal carriages, the Golden Lane Estate, and the tops of monuments and cathedrals. The colours of London have inspired artists (Van Gogh, Turner, Monet), designers (Harry Beck) and social reformers (Charles Booth). Colour is everywhere in the city, and each one holds myriad links to the city's past. And for all the colours still surrounding us today, many are long lost, hidden

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Author : Peter Ackroyd

Pages : 256 pages

Publisher : Frances Lincoln

Language : eng

ISBN-10 : 0711269424

ISBN-13 : 9780711269422

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