The ancient greeks scorned it as ugly and barbaric, but most americans and europeans now pick it as their favorite color. Sorry to say that i only just now finished reading it, and it is every bit as interesting as its predecessor. Michel pastoureau revient avec histoire dune couleur. Bleu, histoire dune couleur, michel pastoureau, points. Blue has a long and topsyturvy history in the western world. Le petit livre des couleurs by michel pastoureau dominique simonnet and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Michel pastoureau s works on colour history and colour symbolism include bleu.
Michel pastoureaus works on colour history and colour symbolism include bleu. Pastoureaus engaging cultural history of the color green tackles art history and color theory, much like the authors previous books on blue 2001 and black 2008. Practice and meaning from antiquity to abstraction london. Le petit livre des couleurs michel pastoureau babelio. Pastoureau nous donne une passionnante synthese sur lhistoire sociale des couleurs en occident. Historien, specialiste des couleurs, des images, des emblemes et du bestiaire medieval, michel. The history of a color was an amazing read, and i bought the sequel black at the same time. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. Michel pastoureau bestiaires du moyen age michel pastoureau in 4 cartonnage toile 235 p. Marion boudonmachuel, maurice brock and pascale charron, brepols, coll. For those interested in color, fashion, history, and art, michel pastoureaus the colours of our memories is a must read. In this entertaining history, the renowned medievalist michel pastoureau traces the changing meanings of blue from its rare appearances in prehistoric art to its. Pastoreau is one of the few writers along with victoria finlay, john gage, and philip ball who dives into the social, political, spiritual, and artistic realms of color.
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