Michel Pastoureau - Yellow
Michel Pastoureau - Yellow From the acclaimed author of Blue, a beautifully illustrated history of yellow from antiquity to the presentIn this richly illustrated book, Michel Pastoureau--a renowned…
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Michel Pastoureau - Yellow
From the acclaimed author of Blue, a beautifully illustrated history of yellow from antiquity to the presentIn this richly illustrated book, Michel Pastoureau--a renowned authority on the history of color and the author of celebrated volumes on blue, black, green, and red--now traces the visual, social, and cultural history of yellow. This has not always been the case. Focusing on European societies, with comparisons from East Asia, India, Africa, and South America, Yellow tells the intriguing story of the color's evolving place in art, religion, fashion, literature, and science.In Europe today, yellow is a discreet color, little present in everyday life and rarely carrying great symbolism.
It became highly ambivalent in medieval Europe: greenish yellow came to signify In antiquity, yellow was almost sacred, a symbol of light, warmth, and prosperity.