Chromophobia Audiobook by David Batchelor

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 804469 Title: Chromophobia Author: David Batchelor Narrator: Peter Coates Format: Unabridged Length: 03:55:00 Language: English Release date: 08-12-24 Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC Genres: Non-Fiction, Philosophy Summary: The central argument of Chromophobia is that a chromophobic impulsea fear of corruption or contamination through colorlurks within much Western cultural and intellectual thought. This is apparent in the many and varied attempts to purge color, either by making it the property of some foreign bodythe oriental, the feminine, the infantile, the vulgar, or the pathologicalor by relegating it to the realm of the superficial, the supplementary, the inessential, or the cosmetic. Chromophobia has been a cultural phenomenon since ancient Greek times; this book is concerned with forms of resistance to it. Writers have tended to look no further than the end of the 19th century. David Batchelor seeks to go beyond the limits of earlier studies, analyzing the motivations behind chromophobia and considering the work of writers and artists who have been prepared to look at color as a positive value. Exploring a wide range of imagery including Melville's Great White Whale, Huxley's Reflections on Mescaline, and Le Corbusier's Journey to the East, Batchelor also discusses the use of color in Pop, Minimal, and more recent art. This brand-new audio edition is expressively narrated by Peter Coates. All charts referenced in the text can be found in the supplemental PDF. Cover design credits: David Batchelor Neo-Neo-Concreto 09 2019 concrete and acrylic 38 x 36 x 5cm photo: Lucy Dawkins Courtesy the artist and Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh ©2000 David Batchelor. Produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont. Contact: [email protected]