Yellow: The History of a Color

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Titel: Yellow : The History of a Color

Enthält: Frontmatter
Contents
INTRODUCTION
A BENEFICIAL COLOR (FROM EARLIEST TIMES TO THE FIFTH CENTURY)
Introduction
THE OCHERS OF THE PALEOLITHIC PERIOD
THE YELLOW METAL
MYTHOLOGIES OF GOLD
SUN WORSHIP
DYEING IN YELLOW
DRESSING IN YELLOW
THE CLODIUS AFFAIR
THE LESSONS OF THE LEXICON
THE SILENCE OF THE BIBLE AND THE CHURCH FATHERS
AN AMBIGUOUS COLOR (SIXTH TO FIFTEENTH CENTURIES)
Introduction
THE ABSENCE OF YELLOW IN CHRISTIAN WORSHIP
YELLOW IN HERALDRY
AN AMBIVALENT SYMBOLISM
THE PRESTIGE OF BLOND HAIR
BILE AND URINE
ENVY, LYING, AND TREACHERY
THE ROBES OF JAN HUS AND OF JUDAS
THE ORIGINS OF THE YELLOW STAR?
AN UNPOPULAR COLOR (FOURTEENTH T O TWENTY-FIRST CENTURIES)
Introduction
THE YELLOW OF PAINTERS
THE YELLOW OF SCHOLARS
YELLOW IN DAILY LIFE
DICTIONARIES AND ENCYCLOPEDIAS
THE EAST COMES INTO FASHION
DISCRETION, TRANSGRESSION, AND MODERNITY
ON THE MARGIN OF YELLOW: ORANGE
ON THE ATHLETIC FIELDS
YELLOW FOR THE PRESENT DAY
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
CREDITS

Beteiligte: Pastoureau, Michel [Verfasser:in]; Gladding, Jody [Mitwirkende:r]

Erschienen: Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2023

Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (240 p.); 135 color illus

Sprache: Englisch

DOI: 10.1515/9780691251387

ISBN: 9780691251387

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Schlagwörter: Color Psychological aspects History ; Color Social aspects History ; Symbolism of colors History ; Yellow in art ; Yellow ; ART / History / General ; Adage ; Adjective ; Athanasius Kircher ; Beige ; Bible Historiale ; Blond ; Cagot ; Caravaggio ; Chivalric romance ; Church Fathers ; Classical Latin ; Clothing ; Coat of arms ; Courtly love ; Cubism ; Degenerate art ; Demagogue ; Dionysus ; [...]

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Beschreibung: 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. 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. This has not always been the case. In antiquity, yellow was almost sacred, a symbol of light, warmth, and prosperity. It became highly ambivalent in medieval Europe: greenish yellow came to signify demonic sulfur and bile, the color of forgers, lawless knights, Judas, and Lucifer—while warm yellow recalled honey and gold, serving as a sign of pleasure and abundance. In Asia, yellow has generally had a positive meaning. In ancient China, yellow clothing was reserved for the emperor, while in India the color is associated with happiness. Above all, yellow is the color of Buddhism, whose temple doors are marked with it.Throughout, Pastoureau illuminates the history of yellow with a wealth of captivating images. With its striking design and compelling text, Yellow is a feast for the eye and mind

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