Essays in Global Color History : Interpreting the Ancient Spectrum /

A collection of essays discussing historical, cultural and social aspects of color in the Ancient World and Pre-Columbian America (circa 3000 B.C.- 1000 A.D.).

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Goldman, Rachael (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, 2016.
Colección:Gorgias studies in classical and late antiquity ; 19.
Temas:
To 1500
Colors > Social aspects.
Symbolism of colors > History > To 1500.
Couleurs > Aspect social.
HISTORY > Civilization.
Symbolism of colors.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes on Contributors
  • List of Illustrations
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction / Goldman, Rachael
  • Part I. The Ancient Near East: Unraveling the Color Terminology for the Divine, the Sublime and the Ordinary
  • The Color of Fortune: The Role of Color in Mesopotamian Divination / Smith, Duane E.
  • Colorful Garments of Mesopotamian Stone Statues / Nunn, Astrid
  • The Color Blue as an 'Animator' in Ancient Egyptian Art / Corcoran, Lorelei H.
  • The Origins, Development, Diffusion and Significance of Early Color Terminology / Warburton, David A.
  • Part II. The Classical World: Reconfiguring the Human Face and Body
  • The Materiality of Color in Ancient Mediterranean Art / Stager, Jennifer M. S.
  • Gold and Purple: Brilliance, Materiality and Agency of Color in Ancient Greece / Grand-Clément, Adeline
  • Men's Cosmetics in Plato and Xenophon / Yates, Velvet
  • Plautus' and Terence's Colorful Pimps and Slaves / Goldman, Rachael B.
  • Color and Clothing in Artemidoros' Dream Visions / Reitzenstein, Denise
  • Meaning and Materiality: Early Christian Theology of Color and Pagan Aesthetics / Bering, Kunibert
  • Part III. Asia and America: Interweaving New Worlds and Exploring Traditions
  • Perceptions of Color in Islamic Texts and Traditions with Special Reference to Shīʻī Sources / Daneshgar, Majid
  • Ancient Chinese 'Five Colors' Theory: What Does Its Semantic Analysis Reveal? / Bogushevskaya, Victoria
  • Aztec Reds: Investigating the Materiality of Color and Meaning in a Pre- Columbian Society / Dupey García, Élodie
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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