A cultural history of color in antiquity

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    • Wharton, David
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A cultural history of color in antiquity

edited by David Wharton

(A cultural history of color / general editors, Carole P. Biggam and Kirsten Wolf, v. 1)

Bloomsbury Academic, 2021

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In antiquity

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [204]-246) and index

ISBN for pack (ser. set) : 9781474273732

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A Cultural History of Color in Antiquity covers the period 3000 BCE to 500 CE. Although the smooth, white marbles of Classical sculpture and architecture lull us into thinking that the color world of the ancient Greeks and Romans was restrained and monochromatic, nothing could be further from the truth. Classical archaeologists are rapidly uncovering and restoring the vivid, polychrome nature of the ancient built environment. At the same time, new understandings of ancient color cognition and language have unlocked insights into the ways - often unfamiliar and strange to us - that ancient peoples thought and spoke about color. Color shapes an individual's experience of the world and also how society gives particular spaces, objects, and moments meaning. The 6 volume set of the Cultural History of Color examines how color has been created, traded, used, and interpreted over the last 5000 years. The themes covered in each volume are color philosophy and science; color technology and trade; power and identity; religion and ritual; body and clothing; language and psychology; literature and the performing arts; art; architecture and interiors; and artefacts. David Wharton is Associate Professor of Classical Studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA. Volume 1 in the Cultural History of Color set. General Editors: Carole P. Biggam and Kirsten Wolf

Table of Contents

VOLUME 1: A CULTURAL HISTORY OF COLOR IN ANTIQUITY Edited by David Wharton, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA 1. Philosophy and Science, Katerina Ierodiakonou 2. Technology and Trade, Hilary Becker 3. Power and Identity, Kelly Olson and David Wharton 4. Religion and Ritual, Verity Platt 5. Body and Clothing, Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones 6. Language and Psychology, Katherine McDonald 7. Literature and the Performing Arts, Karen Bassi and David Wharton 8. Art, Mark Abbe 9. Architecture and Interiors, Stephan Zink 10. Artefacts, Ellen Swift

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  • NCID
    BC09432556
  • ISBN
    • 9781474273275
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    xii, 256 p., [16] p. of plates
  • Size
    26 cm
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