The World According to Colour
A Cultural History
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A beguiling cultural history of colour by the BAFTA nominated broadcaster and art historian James Fox.
The subject of this audiobook is humankind's extraordinary relationship with colour. It is composed of a series of voyages, ranging across the world and throughout history, which reveal the meanings that have been attached to the colours we see around us and the ways these have shaped our culture and imagination. It takes seven primary colours - black, red, yellow, blue, white, purple and green - and uncovers behind each a root idea, based on visual resemblances or properties so rudimentary as to be common to all societies.
The audiobook traces these meanings to show how they changed and multiplied, the role that they have played in our culture and history, and how understanding them allows us to see many of the milestones in the history of art - from Bronze Age gold-work to Turner, Titian to Yves Klein - in a new way. It proceeds by stories, which cumulatively tell another, larger one: a history of the world from the black nothing which preceded existence to the birth of our red-blooded species; the gilded gods who animated the world in antiquity to the blue horizons which framed the Age of Discovery; the pristine aspirations of Enlightenment, the technicolour innovation which fuelled the Industrial Revolution and the colour which most embodies the environmental crisis which now faces us.
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Not about the desert, Not about Joshua Tree
- De Steve King en 07-12-20
De: Ben Ehrenreich
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Periodic Tales
- A Cultural History of the Elements, From Arsenic to Zinc
- De: Hugh Aldersey-Williams
- Narrado por: Antony Ferguson
- Duración: 12 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 539
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Like the alphabet, the calendar, or the zodiac, the periodic table of the chemical elements has a permanent place in our imagination. But aside from the handful of common ones (iron, carbon, copper, gold), the elements themselves remain wrapped in mystery. We do not know what most of them look like, how they exist in nature, how they got their names, or of what use they are to us.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Interesting but Rambling
- De Carolyn en 08-24-15
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The Human Cosmos
- Civilization and the Stars
- De: Jo Marchant
- Narrado por: Jo Marchant
- Duración: 11 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 208
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For at least 20,000 years, we have led not just an earthly existence, but a cosmic one. Celestial cycles drove every aspect of our daily lives. Our innate relationship with the stars shaped who we are - our art, religious beliefs, social status, scientific advances, and even our biology. But over the last few centuries we have separated ourselves from the universe that surrounds us. It's a disconnect with a dire cost.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This book has changed the way I think about my own mortality!
- De Jerry en 02-04-21
De: Jo Marchant
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Venus and Aphrodite
- History of a Goddess
- De: Bettany Hughes
- Narrado por: Bettany Hughes
- Duración: 3 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 82
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 65
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Through ancient art, evocative myth, exciting archaeological revelations and philosophical explorations Bettany Hughes shows why this immortal goddess endures through to the 21st century and what her journey through time reveals about what matters to us as humans. Charting Venus' origins in powerful ancient deities, Bettany demonstrates that Venus is far more complex than first meets the eye.
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5 out of 5 stars
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it was pretty good
- De JJ en 01-17-24
De: Bettany Hughes
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The Cabaret of Plants
- Forty Thousand Years of Plant Life and the Human Imagination
- De: Richard Mabey
- Narrado por: Ralph Lister
- Duración: 11 h y 14 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 102
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 87
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A rich, sweeping, and compelling work of botanical history, The Cabaret of Plants explores dozens of plant species that for millennia have challenged our imaginations, awoken our wonder, and upturned our ideas about history, science, beauty, and belief. Going back to the beginnings of human history, Richard Mabey shows how flowers, trees, and plants have been central to human experience not just as sources of food and medicine but as objects of worship, actors in creation myths, and symbols of war and peace, life and death.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Can't wait to listen to again!
- De hyacinthgirl en 12-27-16
De: Richard Mabey
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Nature
- De: Sam Torode - foreword, Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Narrado por: Sam Torode
- Duración: 1 h y 54 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 35
Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Nature" is perhaps the greatest original work of philosophy written by an American. This specially-prepared edition includes a foreword on the origin and significance the book.
De: Sam Torode - foreword, y otros
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Atlantis, the Antediluvian World
- De: Ignatius Donnelly
- Narrado por: Christopher Romance
- Duración: 14 h y 12 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 61
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 55
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 55
Atlantis: The Antediluvian World was published in 1882 by the Minnesotan author Ignatius L. Donnelly. He argues that all known ancient civilizations were descended from this lost land which once existed in the Atlantic Ocean, opposite the Mediterranean Sea. The author claimed that the description of this island given by Plato is not fable, but veritable history.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Somewhat Annoying
- De Walter Fawcette en 01-14-20
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The Art of Travel
- De: Alain de Botton
- Narrado por: Nicholas Bell
- Duración: 5 h y 22 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 179
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 156
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 156
Aside from love, few actvities seem to promise us as much happiness as going traveling: taking off for somewhere else, somewhere far from home, a place with more interesting weather, customs, and landscapes. But although we are inundated with advice on where to travel, few people seem to talk about why we should go and how we can become more fulfilled by doing so.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Dull, suggestions for better alternatives
- De J. Natael en 08-07-13
De: Alain de Botton
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Asian Journals
- India and Japan (The Collected Works of Joseph Campbell)
- De: Joseph Campbell
- Narrado por: Fred Stella
- Duración: 26 h y 56 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 37
At the beginning of his career, Joseph Campbell developed a lasting fascination with the cultures of the Far East, and explorations of Buddhist and Hindu philosophy later became recurring motifs in his vast body of work. However, Campbell had to wait until middle age to visit the lands that inspired him so deeply. In 1954, he took a sabbatical from his teaching position and embarked on a year-long voyage through India, Thailand, Cambodia, Burma, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and finally Japan.
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5 out of 5 stars
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What a journey!
- De Anonymous User en 08-11-18
De: Joseph Campbell
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Spring and All: Facsimile Edition
- New Directions Pearls
- De: William Carlos Williams
- Narrado por: Sean Slater
- Duración: 1 h y 47 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 32
A beautiful facsimile of the 1923 original edition which is considered "one of the greatest poems of the twentieth century" by The New York Times. Spring and All is a manifesto of the imagination - a hybrid of alternating sections of prose and free verse that coalesce in dramatic, energetic, and beautifully cryptic statements of how language re-creates the world. Spring and All contains some of Williams' best-known poetry.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Classic!
- De Amazon Customer en 01-25-18
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The History of Western Art
- De: Peter Whitfield
- Narrado por: Sebastian Comberti
- Duración: 5 h y 14 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 258
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 225
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 220
What is art? Why do we value images of saints, kings, goddesses, battles, landscapes or cities from eras of history utterly remote from ourselves? This history of art shows how painters, sculptors and architects have expressed the belief systems of their age: religious, political and aesthetic. From the ancient civilisations of Egypt, Mesopotamia and Greece, to the revolutionary years of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the artist has acted as a mirror to the ideals and conflicts of the human mind.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A whirlwind tour of Western art
- De Adeliese Baumann en 11-18-12
De: Peter Whitfield
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Chinese Mythology: A Comprehensive Guide to the Myths from the Orient
- De: John Feisel
- Narrado por: Ric Chetter
- Duración: 3 h y 51 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 103
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 100
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Indulge in the crazy, mystical, mythical aspects of Chinese folklore. You will learn about the most basic background information, the setting, the time period in which these tales were created, and so much more. Among others, you will become familiar with things like the myth of the sun and the moon; cultural aspects of ancient oriental society; amazing facts about Confucius and Confucianism; Buddhism and its role in China and mythology; stories about gods, heroes, stars, and saints; and so many other things.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This deserves a positive review
- De Juan en 11-19-19
De: John Feisel
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Red
- A History of the Redhead
- De: Jacky Colliss Harvey
- Narrado por: Jacky Colliss Harvey
- Duración: 6 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 172
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 155
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 157
Red is a brilliantly told, captivating history of red hair throughout the ages. An audiobook that breaks new ground, dispels myths, and reinforces the special nature of being a redhead, with a look at multiple disciplines, including science, religion, politics, feminism and sexuality, literature, and art. With an obsessive fascination that is as contagious as it is compelling, author Jacky Colliss Harvey (herself a redhead) begins her exploration of red hair in prehistory and traces the redhead gene as it made its way out of Africa with the early human diaspora.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Pushing Past Stereotypes
- De Troy en 06-09-15
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End of Days
- What You Need to Know Now About the End of the World
- De: Sylvia Browne
- Narrado por: Jeanie Hackett
- Duración: 5 h y 6 m
- Versión resumida
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General4 out of 5 stars 820
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 656
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 647
Religious wars, global terrorism, genocide, ecological disaster: Today's world is a scary place. The Information Age has carried us into the Age of Anxiety, where everyone is on edge, wondering what is coming next. What will happen in 2012, when the Mayan calendar predicts the end of the world? What will the next 50 years bring?
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not very accurate on predictions from 2010-2020
- De Brandy White en 03-17-20
De: Sylvia Browne
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Nature
- De: Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Narrado por: Phil Paonessa
- Duración: 51 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 109
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Nature by Ralph Waldo Emerson, narrated by Richard Stibbard, is a foundational work of transcendentalist philosophy that explores the profound connection between humanity and the natural world.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Beautiful Classic, rushed reading
- De Chris C. en 01-07-21
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The Renaissance
- Studies in Art and Poetry
- De: Walter Pater
- Narrado por: Wanda McCaddon
- Duración: 6 h y 24 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 41
Published to great acclaim in 1873, Walter Pater’s compendium of idiosyncratic, impressionistic essays on the Renaissance gained him a reputation as a daring modern philosopher. Oscar Wilde called it the “holy writ of beauty.” It was Pater’s cry of “art for art’s sake” that became the manifesto for the aesthetic movement. He believed that art should be sensual and that beauty should rank as the highest ideal. Marked by elegant fluency, Pater’s essays discuss Botticelli, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and other artists who, for him, embodied the spirit of the Renaissance.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wanda McCaddon and Pater = 😍
- De Tyler en 02-01-21
De: Walter Pater
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The Book of Tea
- De: Okakura Kakuzo
- Narrado por: Ken Cohen
- Duración: 2 h y 2 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 94
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 81
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 80
The Book of Tea is much more than a book about tea. It's a celebration of the arts and culture of Japan, and a portrait of tea ceremony, the "Way of Tea", as the pinnacle of Japanese spirituality and artistic life. Written in 1906 by Kakuzo Okakura, curator of Chinese and Japanese Art at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and a noted scholar and art critic, this modern classic traces the history of tea from its early medicinal uses in China, through the development of Chinese tea culture, and finally to the role of tea in Japanese Zen, culture, and politics.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A moving narration of The Book of Tea
- De DanielA en 01-17-16
De: Okakura Kakuzo
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Chinese Mythology: Gods, Goddesses, Monkeys, Eternal Beings, and More
- De: Sally Stephens
- Narrado por: Kenneth Ellison
- Duración: 5 h y 2 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 101
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 100
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 100
The sociology and mythology of the Chinese culture has a long, extended history, and the creatures and superpowers in them have often been neglected by western culture. But not for long! As you listen to this gem of an audiobook, you will find all kinds of answers to questions related to Chinese mythology.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Awesome
- De Anonymous User en 12-04-19
De: Sally Stephens