Essays in Global Color History : : Interpreting the Ancient Spectrum /

Essays in Global Color History : : Interpreting the Ancient Spectrum / / 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.).

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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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (349 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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

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