Colorful World.

Colorful World. Amandine Guisez Gallienne. New York, NY: Thames & Hudson, Inc., 2006. Illus., softcover, 156 pp., $22.50.

There is twenty-five percent more photographs than pages in the color-book. Each one is a quality visual statement that celebrates human creativity from around the world. The photographs reflect artistic vision by seasoned international traveler, Amandine Guisez Gallienne. White, yellow, green, blue, red, and black are interwoven with exotic details of place, which range from an interior door in the Forbidden City of Beijing to the archer's and fisherman's houses in Mexico. Affectionate awareness of people is also exemplified, and the wide range of examples emphasizes the many different ways that people use color. Commentary on names and symbolic meaning of color provide insight to cultural interpretations on the joy of looking at that which is brilliant.