Essays in Global Color History : : Interpreting the Ancient Spectrum / / ed. by Rachael B. Goldman.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
• MitwirkendeR: Bering, Kunibert,; Bogushevskaya, Victoria,; Corcoran, Lorelei H.,; Daneshgar, Majid,; Dupey García, Élodie,; Goldman, Rachael B.,; Goldman, Rachael,; Grand-Clément, Adeline,; Nunn, Astrid,; Reitzenstein, Denise,; Smith, Duane E.,; Stager, Jennifer M. S.,; Warburton, David A.,; Yates, Velvet,
• HerausgeberIn: Goldman, Rachael B.,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Gorgias Studies in Classical and Late Antiquity
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (349 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; TABLE OF CONTENTS --; Acknowledgments --; Notes on Contributors --; List of Illustrations --; Abbreviations --; Introduction --; Part I. The Ancient Near East: Unraveling the Color Terminology for the Divine, the Sublime and the Ordinary --; The Color of Fortune: The Role of Color in Mesopotamian Divination --; Colorful Garments of Mesopotamian Stone Statues --; The Color Blue as an 'Animator' in Ancient Egyptian Art --; The Origins, Development, Diffusion and Significance of Early Color Terminology --; Part II. The Classical World: Reconfiguring the Human Face and Body --; The Materiality of Color in Ancient Mediterranean Art --; Gold and Purple: Brilliance, Materiality and Agency of Color in Ancient Greece --; Men's Cosmetics in Plato and Xenophon --; Plautus' and Terence's Colorful Pimps and Slaves --; Color and Clothing in Artemidoros' Dream Visions --; Meaning and Materiality: Early Christian Theology of Color and Pagan Aesthetics --; Part III. Asia and America: Interweaving New Worlds and Exploring Traditions --; Perceptions of Color in Islamic Texts and Traditions with Special Reference to Shīʿī Sources --; Ancient Chinese 'Five Colors' Theory: What Does Its Semantic Analysis Reveal? --; Aztec Reds: Investigating the Materiality of Color and Meaning in a Pre- Columbian Society --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781463236632; 9783110663020
• DOI: 10.31826/9781463236632
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Rachael B. Goldman.

A collection of essays discussing historical, cultural and social aspects of color in the Ancient World and Pre-Columbian America (circa 3000 B.C.- 1000 A.D.).