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The Colour of Time: A New History of the World, 1850-1960 (Hardback)
  • The Colour of Time: A New History of the World, 1850-1960 (Hardback)
  • The Colour of Time: A New History of the World, 1850-1960 (Hardback)
  • The Colour of Time: A New History of the World, 1850-1960 (Hardback)
  • The Colour of Time: A New History of the World, 1850-1960 (Hardback)
  • The Colour of Time: A New History of the World, 1850-1960 (Hardback)
  • The Colour of Time: A New History of the World, 1850-1960 (Hardback)
  • The Colour of Time: A New History of the World, 1850-1960 (Hardback)
  • The Colour of Time: A New History of the World, 1850-1960 (Hardback)
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The Colour of Time: A New History of the World, 1850-1960 (Hardback) The Colour of Time: A New History of the World, 1850-1960 (Hardback) The Colour of Time: A New History of the World, 1850-1960 (Hardback) The Colour of Time: A New History of the World, 1850-1960 (Hardback) The Colour of Time: A New History of the World, 1850-1960 (Hardback) The Colour of Time: A New History of the World, 1850-1960 (Hardback) The Colour of Time: A New History of the World, 1850-1960 (Hardback)

The Colour of Time: A New History of the World, 1850-1960 (Hardback)

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Hardback 448 Pages
Published: 09/08/2018

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Waterstones Says

Shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year 2018. Combining Marina Amaral’s revolutionary colourization work with Dan Jones’ lucid historical timeline this is a transformative perception of history.

The view behind us is partial and faded. We see history, to repurpose St Paul’s phrase to the Corinthians, through a glass, darkly. This book is an attempt to restore brilliance to a desaturated world.

A ground-breaking fusion of art and history, The Colour of Time is the first book to introduce the work of celebrated Brazilian artist Marina Amaral, who painstakingly alters historical black and white photographs in life-like colour, using contemporary photographs as the basis for her full-colour digital renditions. Accompanied by commentary from historian Dan Jones, the book presents over a hundred years of history through 200 astonishing full-colour images, bringing lost worlds to life like never before.

The Colour of Time spans more than a hundred years of world history from the reign of Queen Victoria and the US Civil War to the Cuban Missile Crisis and beginning of the Space Age. It charts the rise and fall of empires, the achievements of science, industry and the arts, the tragedies of war and the politics of peace, and the lives of men and women who made history.

Dan Jones has written a narrative that anchors each image in its context, and weaves them into a vivid account of the world that we live in today. A fusion of amazing pictures and well-chosen words, The Colour of Time offers a unique - and often beautiful - perspective on the past, transforming over a century of monochrome photographic reportage into something astonishingly contemporary. Chosen as one of Waterstones’ Best Books to Look Out for in September this is a book that seized our attention from the outset, and thoroughly deserves the widest audience.

"It is no overstatement to say that Marina Amaral has helped a whole generation view the past through a new lens with her beautiful and haunting colorization of old black and white photos. The inspired pairing of her creative genius with Dan Jones’s massive erudition has produced a book that will be enjoyed for long time to come." – Clement Knox, Waterstones History and Politics Buyer

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN: 9781786692689
Number of pages: 448
Dimensions: 246 x 189 mm


MEDIA REVIEWS

A clever, deftly executed book... Marina Amaral has chosen 200 black-and-white photographs, taken between 1850 and 1960, and skilfully colourised them, which gives them new life, new relevance and new power... Dan Jones gives a nicely thoughtful commentary to it all' - Daily Mail, Coffee Table Books of the Year

Purists argue that colourising black and white photographs is sacrilege, but the world has always been in colour... Truth be told, monochrome is a contrivance. Human experience is always colourful' - The Times, Books of the Year

[The Colour of Time] does something simple yet extraordinary. It takes black-and-white photos of historic events and colours them in. The effect is transformative - Daily Telegraph

There is something of The Wizard of Oz about Marina Amaral's photographs. She whisks us from black-and-white Kansas to shimmering Technicolor Oz... When you see Amaral's coloured portraits, you think: phwoar!... She changes the way we see a period or a person' - Spectator

The effect of colour is far more transformative than you might imagine... [Amaral's] touched-up photographs look even more realistic, and closer to life, than a photograph taken yesterday... Extraordinary' - Mail on Sunday

What also elevates The Colour of Time above regular coffee table fare is the startling vivacity and impact of the photographs chosen, and the concise but focused and gripping texts by Jones, making the book a worthwhile cover-to-cover read as much as it serves as a showcase book to dip into at will - All About History

Spanning more than 100 years of world history, from Queen Victoria to the Cuban missile crisis, this book offers a fresh perspective on the past by transforming the black and white photographs that defined global events into full colour - BBC History

Illustrator Marina Amaral has digitally colourised 200 historic black-and-white photographs, making them look as though they were taken yesterday. Dan Jones explains the historical context of each startling image - Mail on Sunday, Books of the Year

I have long considered colourisation sacrilege... after reading this book, I've changed my mind' - The Times.

The most breathtakingly colourised black-and-white pictures ever - Daily Mail.

Both revelatory and familiar. Amaral's skills bring 19th- and early 20th-century photographic images to wholly unexpected and vivid life... Jones offers perceptive commentary, contextualising the events and people depicted with concise skill, meaning that this fine book is hugely readable' - Observer

Jones sketches the historical context with wry economy. Even familiar images take on a new dimension in colour - Daily Mirror

Stunning photos. The perfect gift for any historian - Bristol Life

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“Incredible”

I've been a huge fan of Marina Amaral's work since i was introduced to the Faces of Auschwitz project online. The effects of the colourisation process lending an emotive tug i couldn't have anticipated.... More

“History Comes To Life.”

At first, I thought why do such a product, but I have to confess I was completely wrong once I started reading the relevant information to the photographs, it gave a new perspective to some of the important periods in... More

Hardback edition
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“Simply Amazing”

A stunning book- a photography book. An exquisite book- a history book.
So beautifully woven together. The photographs have been rendered beautifully with subtle colours in response to the historical context.
They... More

Hardback edition
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