{"product_id":"colours-of-london-isbn-9780711269422","title":"Colours of London","description":"\u003cb\u003ePeter 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.  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Think of the colours of London and what do you imagine? The\u003cb\u003e reds of open-top buses,\u003c\/b\u003e phone boxes and terracotta bricks? The\u003cb\u003e grey smog of Victorian industry\u003c\/b\u003e, Portland stone and pigeons in Trafalgar square? Or the gradations of \u003cb\u003eyellows\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eviolets \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003eblues \u003c\/b\u003ethat shimmer on the Thames at sunset – reflecting the \u003cb\u003eincandescent light of a city that never truly goes dark\u003c\/b\u003e. We associate\u003cb\u003e green with royal parks\u003c\/b\u003e and the District Line; gold with royal carriages, the Golden Lane Estate, and the tops of monuments and cathedrals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The colours of London have \u003cb\u003einspired artists \u003c\/b\u003e(Van Gogh, Turner, Monet), \u003cb\u003edesigners \u003c\/b\u003e(Harry Beck) and \u003cb\u003esocial reformers\u003c\/b\u003e (Charles Booth). \u003cb\u003eColour is everywhere in the city,\u003c\/b\u003e and each one holds myriad \u003cb\u003elinks to the city's past\u003c\/b\u003e. And for all the colours still surrounding us today, many are long lost, hidden only in diaries, artworks and in the monochromatic shades of black-and-white photography.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eColours of London\u003c\/i\u003e, Peter Ackroyd examines the city's fascinating relationship with colour, alongside \u003cb\u003especially commissioned colourised photographs\u003c\/b\u003e from Dynamichrome, which \u003cb\u003ebring a lost London back to life. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e London has been the main character in Ackroyd's work ever since his first novel, and he has won countless prizes in both fiction and non-fiction for his truly remarkable body of work. Here, he channels a\u003cb\u003e lifetime of knowledge\u003c\/b\u003e of the great city, writing with \u003cb\u003eclarity and passion\u003c\/b\u003e about the hues and shades which have shaped London's journey thorugh history into the present day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A\u003cb\u003e truly invaluable book for lovers of art, history, photography or urban geography\u003c\/b\u003e, this beautifully illustrated title tells a rich and fascinating story of the history of this great and ever-changing city.\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"Frances Lincoln","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44891946352869,"sku":"NP9780711269422","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/colours-of-london-isbn-9780711269422","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}