Black: The History of a Color

by Michel Pastoureau

Book Overview

The story of the color black in art, fashion, and culture--from the beginning of history to the twenty-first century

Black--favorite color of priests and penitents, artists and ascetics, fashion designers and fascists--has always stood for powerfully opposed ideas: authority and humility, sin and holiness, rebellion and conformity, wealth and poverty, good and bad. In this beautiful and richly illustrated book, the acclaimed author...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 069113930X
• ISBN13: 9780691139302
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.4" x 9.5"