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.).
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Piscataway, NJ :
Gorgias Press
2016.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Gorgias Studies in Classical and Late Antiquity ; 19. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b47423857*spi |
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.
