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Sinopsis

A unique colour dictionary of international urban design and phenomenal photographic reference, The Colour of Cities documents the distinctive colour characteristics of cities in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and Asia. The book features beautiful original colour photographs by the author, who is an acclaimed artist and world authority on the three-dimensional use of colour and other noted architectural photographers. Topics covered include how cultural colour preferences are grounded in vision differences in different geographic locations and the similarities within diversity in streets, facades, plazas, boundaries and marketplaces. A reference section provides you with typical colour palettes for each country, complete with thumbnail photographic examples.

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Lois Swirnoff is a world-renowned authority on the three-dimensional use of color, and is the author of Dimensional Color. A student of Josef Albers at Yale University, she has taught at Harvard University in the Department of Visual and Environmental Studies; at the Cooper Union Art School in New York; and at UCLA, where she is a Professor Emerita. Swirnoff was a Fulbright Scholar to Italy and a Bunting Fellow in Mexico; her work is widely exhibited and is featured in many public and private collections worldwide.

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