Chrome. Book about color

“Chroma” - reflections on the color diversity of the famous British director and artist Derek Jarmen (1942–1994) In this book, written in 1993, a year before death, Losing his vision, Jarmen uses all the resources of the letter in an attempt to convey the complex and elusive aspect of the subject, in respect of which he has accumulated the experience of a lifetime. In his characteristic style - the lyrical combination of classical theory, anecdotality and poetry - Jarmen leads the reader through the color spectrum, representing each color by personification of emotions, awakening memories and dreams. He explains the use of color in the visual arts - from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance and modernists, addresses the great color theorists - from Pliny the eldest to Leonardo, writes about the meaning of color in literature, science, philosophy, psychology, religion and alchemy