Color Symbolism: The Eranos Lectures

Seven papers originally delivered at the annual Eranos conference in Ascona, Switzerland, August 1972. This revised and expanded edition includes, for the first time in English translation, Gershom Scholem's paper on "Colors and their Symbolism in Jewish Tradition and Mysticism" and Henry Corbin's paper on "The Realism and Symbolism of Colors in Shiite Cosmology."

Author: Klaus Ottmann
Publisher: Spring Publications
Published: 05/01/2005
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.72w x 0.81d
ISBN13: 9780882145549
ISBN10: 0882145541
BISAC Categories:
- Art | Color Theory
- Art | American | General
- Art | Criticism & Theory

About the Author
Klaus Ottmann is a philosopher, writer, and curator based in New York. He has written numerous essays on art, design, and philosophy, and is the author of The Genius Decision: The Extraordinary and the Postmodern Condition; The Essential Michelangelo; The Essential Mark Rothko; Wolfgang Laib: A Retrospective; and James Lee Byars: Life, Love, and Death. He is the curator of the sixth SITE Santa Fe international biennial, which takes place between July and December 2006.