The sounds and tastes of colours : hue and saturation in Isluga textiles

With an emphasis on the concept of hue, this article examines colour qualities in ethnographic textiles from Isluga, in northern Chile, according to ideas concerning synaesthesia and chromaticism. It explores correspondences between light, colours, sound and taste against a historical trajectory in...

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Main Author: Penelope Dransart
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américains 2016-07-01
Series:Nuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/69188