Main entry:

Sutcliffe, John, 1956- author.

Title & Author:

The colours of Rome : an examination of the use of colour on the façades of today's Rome, with historical and other notes, and a selection of colours copied on site / John Sutcliffe.

Publication:

Hinton Charterhouse, Bath, UK : The Old School Press, MMXIII [2013]

Description:

1 case : color samples ; 33 cm

Notes:
Title from title page of volume.
Includes 1 volume (31 pages), 1 folded color card, and 20 sheets numbered i-xx in portfolio.
"The text was set in 14D Dante by Gloucester Typesetting and printed on papers from Cartiera Magnani, the text on 160 gsm vergata avorio hand-made and the paint patches on 200 gsm machine-made, by Martyn & Angela Ould on a Western proof press in the winter of 2012/13. The headings are set in Delittle no. 46 wood type. The paints were mixed by Papers & Paints of London. The pigments were supplied by L. Cornelissen & Son. The cover papers were printed by Adrian Lack at Senecio Press from a photograph by John Sutcliffe. The binding was executed by Ludlow Bookbinders"--Colophon.
There are 99 standard copies numbered 1-99 and 25 de luxe copies lettered A-Y.

Summary:

"John Sutcliffe knows about colour ... For many years John's interest in colour has taken him to the Mediterranean, to Italy, and in particular to Rome. The buildings of Rome's centro storico carry on their walls many layers of coloured limewash and distemper, layers that have both accumulated and decayed over time, thereby capturing the changing fashions in colour. John's vision for this book was a survey of the city's colourscape, a palette of colours so different from that of, say, Venice, Tuscany, or Palermo, and a palette that is today in a period of great change. His new essay traces the history of that palette and the influences that have led it to its state today. To illustrate the essay John made several trips to Rome, returning finally with twenty sheets of colours copied directly from the buildings themselves. His carefully chosen selection is designed to demonstrate the diversity of the palette and also to draw together two very different strands of tradition that have created the appearance of the streets of Rome today. Each of the twenty colours is illustrated with a large painted patch applied directly onto its own sheet of Magnani wove using water-based paints. These sheets are loose in a wallet within the cased sleeve that holds the book, thus making it possible for the reader to explore the colours in different combinations just as they appear in Rome. A swatch card of chips of the twenty colours is also included in the wallet"--Publisher's Web site.

ISBN:

9781899933334
1899933336

Subject:

Color in architecture Italy Rome.
Facades Italy Rome.
Architecture Italy Rome.
Couleur en architecture Italie Rome.
Façades Italie Rome.
Architecture Italie Rome.
Architecture
Buildings
Color in architecture
Facades
Rome (Italy) Buildings, structures, etc.
Italy Rome

Added entries:

Ould, Angela, printer.
Ould, Martyn A., 1948- printer.
Old School Press, printer.
Ludlow Bookbinders, binder.
Gloucester Typesetting, compositor.
Cartiere Miliani Fabriano, papermaker.

Colors of Rome

Holdings:

Location: Library main 286087
Call No.: BIB 226187
Status: Available