White : : The History of a Color /

White : : The History of a Color / / Michel Pastoureau.

From the acclaimed author of Blue, a beautifully illustrated history of the color white in visual culture, from antiquity to todayAs a pigment, white is often thought to represent an absence of color, but it is without doubt an important color in its own right, just like red, blue, green, or yellow—...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Arts 2023
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Pastoureau, Michel,
MitwirkendeR:
Betancourt, Roland,
Gladding, Jody,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2023]
©2023
Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (240 p.) :; 130 color illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • FOREWORD
  • Contents
  • INTRODUCTION
  • THE COLOR OF THE GODS: FROM EARLIEST TIMES TO THE BEGINNING OF CHRISTIANITY
  • Introduction
  • From Nature to Culture
  • The Moon and the Sacred
  • Wool and Linen: Dressing in White
  • The Lessons of the Lexicon
  • White versus Black
  • THE COLOR OF CHRIST. FOURTH TO FOURTEENTH CENTURIES
  • Introduction
  • Biblical White
  • A Christian Color
  • White versus Red
  • Regarding the Lily: A White Floriary
  • The Lamb, the Swan, and the Dove: A White Bestiary
  • A Feminine Color
  • THE COLOR OF KINGS: FIFTEENTH TO EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES
  • Introduction
  • The Birth of a Symbolic System
  • White, First among the Colors
  • Birth and Death in White
  • The Color of Nobility
  • The White of the Monarchy
  • Ink and Paper
  • THE COLOR OF MODERNITY: EIGHTEENTH TO TWENTY-FIRST CENTURIES
  • Introduction
  • White and Black: No Longer Colors
  • The White of Artists
  • From Cleanliness to Health
  • Dressing in White
  • Lexicons and Symbols
  • NOTES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • CREDITS

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