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White : The History of a Color by Michel Pastoureau, Jody Gladding, Roland Betancourt is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is White : The History of a Color about?

**From the acclaimed author of __Blue__, a beautifully illustrated history of the color white in visual culture, from antiquity to today** As a pigment, white is often thought to represent an absence of color, but it is without doubt an important color in its own right, just like red, blue, green, or yellow—and, like them, white has its own intriguing history. In this richly illustrated book, Michel Pastoureau, a celebrated authority on the history of colors, presents a fascinating visual, social, and cultural history of the color white in European societies, from antiquity to today. Illustrated throughout with a wealth of captivating images ranging from the ancient world to the twenty-first century, __White__ examines the evolving place, perception, and meaning of this deceptively simple but complex hue in art, fashion, literature, religion, science, and everyday life across the millennia. Before the seventeenth century, white’s status as a true color was never contested. On the contrary, from antiquity until the height of the Middle Ages, white formed with red and black a chromatic triad that played a central role in life and art. Nor has white always been thought of as the oppos

Who reads White : The History of a Color?

Author

Michel Pastoureau, Jody Gladding, Roland Betancourt

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published

2023

Language

EN

ISBN

9780691243498

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Art, History, Psychology