Michel Pastoureau

Blue

The History of a Color

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Produktbeschreibung

A beautifully illustrated visual and cultural history of the color blue throughout the agesBlue has had a long and topsy-turvy history in the Western world. The ancient Greeks scorned it as ugly and barbaric, but most Americans and Europeans now cite it as their favorite color. In this fascinating history, the renowned medievalist Michel Pastou

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Produktdetails

• The History of a Color
• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. März 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 249mm x 238mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 1254g
• ISBN-13: 9780691181363
• ISBN-10: 0691181365
• Artikelnr.: 49953471

Autorenporträt

Michel Pastoureau is a historian and emeritus director of studies at the École Pratique des Hautes Études de la Sorbonne in Paris. A specialist in the history of colors, symbols, and heraldry, he is the author of many books, including Red, Green, and Black (all Princeton) and The Devil's Cloth: A History of Stripes. His books have been translated into more than thirty languages.

Rezensionen

". . . a rich volume, intelligently illustrated. . . . With sure-footed scholarship, trenchant opinions, Michel Pastoureau goes beyond a perfunctory visit: he makes us realize the importance of this material and avoids the errors of a number of other historians."--Le Monde