Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vii
4. INTRODUCTION: BEYOND THE LANGUAGE OF COLOUR 1
5. PART I COLOUR AND VISUAL CULTURE
6. CHAPTER 1 AD REINHARDT: ‘COLOR BLINDS’ 15
7. CHAPTER 2 THE EYE IS A SPHINCTER, OR WHO’S AFRAID OF THE POSTMODERN MONOCHROME? 26
8. CHAPTER 3 COLOUR SOUNDINGS: AFTER THE TONE OF FRANCIS BACON 44
9. CHAPTER 4 COLOUR AS A BRIDGE BETWEEN ART AND SCIENCE 59
10. PART II COLOUR AND MATERIAL CULTURE
11. CHAPTER 5 COLOUR IN GARDENS: A QUESTION OF CLASS OR GENDER? 77
12. CHAPTER 6 CREATING A MIDDLE GROUND: CRITICAL REMARKS ON THE COLOUR/FORM RELATION 97
13. CHAPTER 7 HEIDEGGER’S PIXEL: DIGITAL COLOUR AS ‘STANDING RESERVE’ 107
14. CHAPTER 8 THE DISILLUSION OF THE IMAGE: CINEMATOGRAPHY, COLOUR, SOUND AND DESIRE 120
15. PART III COLOUR, TEXT AND RACE
16. CHAPTER 9 CHROMATIC AMBIVALENCE: COLOURING THE ALBINO 143
17. CHAPTER 10 TOUSSAINT LOUVERTURE AND HAITIAN HISTORIOGRAPHY: A PIGMENTOCRATIC APPROACH 154
18. CHAPTER 11 ‘LINDA MORENITA’: SKIN COLOUR, BEAUTY AND THE POLITICS OF MESTIZAJE IN MEXICO 167
19. NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS 181
20. INDEX 185