Leseprobe
* Affiliatelinks/Werbelinks
Links auf reinlesen.de sind sogenannte Affiliate-Links. Wenn du auf so einen Affiliate-Link klickst und über diesen Link einkaufst, bekommt reinlesen.de von dem betreffenden Online-Shop oder Anbieter eine Provision. Für dich verändert sich der Preis nicht.
Yellow
Michel Pastoureau
* Affiliatelinks/Werbelinks
Links auf reinlesen.de sind sogenannte Affiliate-Links. Wenn du auf so einen Affiliate-Link klickst und über diesen Link einkaufst, bekommt reinlesen.de von dem betreffenden Online-Shop oder Anbieter eine Provision. Für dich verändert sich der Preis nicht.
Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik / Kunst
Beschreibung
From the acclaimed author of Blue, a beautifully illustrated history of yellow from antiquity to the present
In 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.
Kundenbewertungen
Egyptomania, Pigment, Orpiment, Grisaille, Jan Hus, Yellow Peril, Dyeing, Hebrews, Church Fathers, Fauvism, Coat of arms, Red hair, Yellow journalism, Bible Historiale, Ochre, Pope Innocent III, Chivalric romance, On the Eve, Trickster, Adjective, Iconography, Vinegar, Impressionism, Jan Steen, Roman de Fauvel, Dionysus, Caravaggio, Sumptuary law, Gold leaf, Prostitution, Middle French, Simon Vouet, Clothing, Cubism, Adage, Talc, Cagot, Victor Hugo, Grandes Chroniques de France, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Iseult, Naples yellow, The Philosopher, Paul Gauguin, Nibelungenlied, Paul Klee, Facsimile, Medieval Latin, Beige, Philip II of Macedon, Demagogue, Degenerate art, The Various, The Tables of the Law, Lacquer, Rococo, Superiority (short story), Classical Latin, Roman Empire, Athanasius Kircher, Jean Chardin, The Other Hand, Courtly love, Roman sculpture, Blond, Urine, Silver age, Heraldry, Eurystheus, Etymology