Black. The History of Color
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This monograph is a continuation of the large -scale project of the French historian Michel Pasturo - the history of color in Western European societies, from ancient Rome to the 18th century, which he began with a study of the relations of Europeans with blue. This time, in the spotlight, Pasturo’s attention is one of the most mysterious and conflicting colors with a very difficult fate - black. The author makes a real detective investigation of adventure, and often black misfortunes in Western European culture. The color of the pristine darkness, black death and the Black Knight, in the Middle Ages, he migrated to the monks" robes, soon began to dominate the Protestant wardrobe, turned into his favorite color of lawyers and businessmen, in the era of romanticism turned out to be an integral sign of melancholy, and later a marker of elegance and Shiku and Shiku and Shiku and Shiku and Shiku and Shiku and Shiku and Shiku and Shiku and Shiku and Shiku and Shiku and Shika At the same time, an indispensable attribute of the daily life of a city dweller.
5th edition
5th edition
Author:
Author:Pasturo Michelle
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Arts & Photography
- Category:Culture
- Category:Reference books
Paper:
Paper:Offset
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-4448-1845-9
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