Black. History of a color.
Points| N° d'inventaire | 22777 |
| Format | 11 x 18 |
| Détails | 288 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2014 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782757841792 |
The color of death and hell, black has not always been a negative color. Throughout its history, it has also been associated with fertility, temperance, and dignity. And for several decades, it has above all embodied elegance and modernity. From the black of monks and pirates to the black of painters and couturiers, Michel Pastoureau traces the European destiny of this color unlike any other. He seeks to understand its place in linguistic facts, social practices, artistic creation, and the world of symbols. A color in its own right until the invention of printing and then Newton's discoveries gave it the special status of non-color, black here reveals an extremely rich cultural history, from the mythologies of origins to its triumph in the 20th century.
The color of death and hell, black has not always been a negative color. Throughout its history, it has also been associated with fertility, temperance, and dignity. And for several decades, it has above all embodied elegance and modernity. From the black of monks and pirates to the black of painters and couturiers, Michel Pastoureau traces the European destiny of this color unlike any other. He seeks to understand its place in linguistic facts, social practices, artistic creation, and the world of symbols. A color in its own right until the invention of printing and then Newton's discoveries gave it the special status of non-color, black here reveals an extremely rich cultural history, from the mythologies of origins to its triumph in the 20th century.