Feeling blue

Feeling Blue is the first book-length history of colour in modern hospitals. It examines colour in relation to six key themes – hygiene, emotion, humanisation, homeliness, play, and consumerism – which are tied together by the idea of the ‘modern’ hospital. The book does not simply describe changes...

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Main Author:	Bates, Victoria
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Manchester University Press 2025
Subjects:	architecture art colour emotion homeliness hospitals humanisation interior design modernity National Health Service thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBX History of medicine thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AM Architecture::AMX History of architecture thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day::3MP 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999 thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1D Europe::1DD Western Europe::1DDU United Kingdom, Great Britain thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AK Design, Industrial and commercial arts, illustration::AKX History of design thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTB Social and cultural history
Online Access:	ONIX_20251014T123624_9781526168528_3
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