(H/B) RED

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The color red has represented many things, from the life force and the divine to love, lust, and anger. Up through the Middle Ages, red held a place of privilege in the Western world. For many cultures, red was not just one color of many but rather the only color worthy enough to be used for social purposes. In some languages, the word for red was the same as the word for color. The first color developed for painting and dying, red became associated in antiquity with war, wealth, and power. In the medieval period, red held both religious significance, as the color of the blood of Christ and the fires of Hell, and secular meaning, as a symbol of love, glory, and beauty. Yet during the Protestant Reformation, red began to decline in status. Viewed as indecent and immoral and linked to luxury and the excesses of the Catholic Church, red fell out of favor. After the French Revolution, red gained new respect as the color of progressive movements and radical left-wing politics.
In this beautifully illustrated book, Michel Pastoureau, the acclaimed author of Blue, Black, and Green, now masterfully navigates centuries of symbolism and complex meanings to present the fascinating and sometimes controversial history of the color red. Pastoureau illuminates red's evolution through a diverse selection of captivating images, including the cave paintings of Lascaux, the works of Renaissance masters, and the modern paintings and stained glass of Mark Rothko and Josef Albers. (From the publisher)

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Introduction
The First Color (From Earliest Times To The End Of Antiquity)
The First Palettes
Fire and Blood
With Pliny among the Painters
Dyeing in Red
Roman Purple
Red in Everyday Life
Evidence from the Lexicon
The Favorite Color (Sixth To Fourteenth Centuries)
The Four Reds of the Church Fathers
The Blood of Christ
The Red of Power
The First Color of Heraldry
Love, Glory, and Beauty
Blue versus Red
The Wardrobes of Beautiful Florentine Ladies
A Controversial Color(Fourteenth To Seventeenth Centuries)
In the Flames of Hell
Judas, the Redhead
Hatred of Red
The Red of Painters
A Primary Color
Fabric and Clothing
Little Red Riding Hood
A Dangerous Color? (Eighteenth To Twenty-First Centuries)
On the Margins of Red: Pink
Makeup and Society Life
Red Caps and Flags: In the Midst of the Revolution
A Political Color
Emblems and Signals
Red for the Present Day
Notes
Bibliography
Photography Credits
Acknowledgments