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Blue mythologies : reflections on a colour /

The sea, the sky, the veins of your hands, the earth when photographed from space... blue sometimes seems to overwhelm all the other shades of our world in its all-encompassing presence. The blues of Blue Mythologies include those present in the world's religions, eggs, science, slavery, gender...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Mavor, Carol, 1957- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London : Reaktion, 2013.
Subjects:	Blue. Symbolism of colors. Blau. Farbensymbolik. Kunst. Kultur.

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