Blue has had a long and topsy-turvy history in the Western world. The ancient Greeks scorned it as ugly and barbaric, but most Americans and Europeans now cite it as their favorite color. In this fascinating history, the renowned medievalist Michel Pastoureau traces the changing meanings of blue from its rare appearance in prehistoric art to its international ubiquity today. Beautifully illustrated, Blue tells the intriguing story of our favorite color and the cultures that have hated it, loved it, and made it essential to some of our greatest works of art.
Über den Autor Michel Pastoureau
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Michel Pastoureau, geboren 1947 in Paris, ist Historiker und unterrichtet an der École Pratique des Hautes Études der Sorbonne. Er hat bereits zahlreiche Werke zur Kulturgeschichte von Farben, Tieren und Symbolen veröffentlicht.
