Colour and Meaning : Art, Science and Symbolism Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize Nominee for Comic Fiction (2008) Gora (1910) is Tagore’s fifth

Gora (1910) is Tagore’s fifth novel and generally considered his masterpiece

in the twenty-first century

Alan Turing

but Spenser knows there are no easy answers

alcoholism

Colour and Meaning : Art, Science and Symbolism Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize Nominee for Comic Fiction (2008) Gora (1910) is Tagore’s fifthIs colour just a physiological phenomenon? Does colour have an effect on feelings? This study argues that the meaning of colour, like language, lies in the particular historical contexts in which it is experienced. Three essays introduce the subject, and the remaining chapters follow themes of colour chronologically, from the early Middle Ages to the 20th century. Topics covered include medieval colour symbolism, the earliest history of the prism,