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Essays in Global Color History : Interpreting the Ancient Spectrum / ed. by Rachael B. Goldman.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Gorgias Studies in Classical and Late AntiquityPublisher: Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resource (349 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781463205829
  • 9781463236632
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 930
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  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 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 -- Colorful Garments of Mesopotamian Stone Statues -- The Color Blue as an 'Animator' in Ancient Egyptian Art -- The Origins, Development, Diffusion and Significance of Early Color Terminology -- Part II. The Classical World: Reconfiguring the Human Face and Body -- The Materiality of Color in Ancient Mediterranean Art -- Gold and Purple: Brilliance, Materiality and Agency of Color in Ancient Greece -- Men's Cosmetics in Plato and Xenophon -- Plautus' and Terence's Colorful Pimps and Slaves -- Color and Clothing in Artemidoros' Dream Visions -- Meaning and Materiality: Early Christian Theology of Color and Pagan Aesthetics -- Part III. Asia and America: Interweaving New Worlds and Exploring Traditions -- Perceptions of Color in Islamic Texts and Traditions with Special Reference to Shīʿī Sources -- Ancient Chinese 'Five Colors' Theory: What Does Its Semantic Analysis Reveal? -- Aztec Reds: Investigating the Materiality of Color and Meaning in a Pre- Columbian Society -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: 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.).
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Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 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 -- Colorful Garments of Mesopotamian Stone Statues -- The Color Blue as an 'Animator' in Ancient Egyptian Art -- The Origins, Development, Diffusion and Significance of Early Color Terminology -- Part II. The Classical World: Reconfiguring the Human Face and Body -- The Materiality of Color in Ancient Mediterranean Art -- Gold and Purple: Brilliance, Materiality and Agency of Color in Ancient Greece -- Men's Cosmetics in Plato and Xenophon -- Plautus' and Terence's Colorful Pimps and Slaves -- Color and Clothing in Artemidoros' Dream Visions -- Meaning and Materiality: Early Christian Theology of Color and Pagan Aesthetics -- Part III. Asia and America: Interweaving New Worlds and Exploring Traditions -- Perceptions of Color in Islamic Texts and Traditions with Special Reference to Shīʿī Sources -- Ancient Chinese 'Five Colors' Theory: What Does Its Semantic Analysis Reveal? -- Aztec Reds: Investigating the Materiality of Color and Meaning in a Pre- Columbian Society -- Bibliography -- Index

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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.).

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 31. Jan 2022)