“Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.”

July 31, 2015 2:04 PM

A History of Art in Three Colours (BBC) [Part 1] [Gold] [Part 2] [Blue] [Part 3] [White] Dr James Fox explores how, in the hands of artists, the colours gold, blue and white have stirred our emotions, changed the way we behave and even altered the course of history.
posted by Fizz (5 comments total)

Can we put that dress behind us already?
posted by ChurchHatesTucker at 2:07 PM on July 31, 2015 [3 favorites]

No red? The color of blood? Art is a bloodless enterprise?
posted by oneswellfoop at 2:35 PM on July 31, 2015 [1 favorite]

'White' is region blocked in the UK... but there's a version split into 4 parts here.
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 2:51 AM on August 1, 2015 [1 favorite]

Thanks for sharing that link fearfulsymmetry.
posted by Fizz at 4:42 AM on August 1, 2015

Red is a pretty important one.
posted by nologo at 7:24 AM on August 1, 2015