Goldman Color-Terms in Social and Cultural Context in Ancient Rome

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4632-3542-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Wasserzeichen (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 204 Seiten

Reihe: Gorgias Studies in Classical and Late Antiquity

Romans attached nuanced implications to color-terms which went beyond their literal meaning, using these terms as a form of cultural assessment, defining their social values and order. By analyzing the use and color words in specific contexts, we can gain greater insight into the Roman mind.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Goldman, Rachael B.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Copywrite Page (page 4)
- Table of Contents (page 5)
- Acknowledgments (page 7)
- Note on Texts, Translations, and Abbreviations (page 9)
- Introduction (page 11)
- Different Hues, Different Views (page 11)
- Modern Approaches to Roman Colors (page 13)
- A Thematic Approach to the Subject (page 17)
- Chapter One: Aulus Gellius' Colorful Digression (page 19)
- The Color Debate: Latin Color Terms (page 20)
- Greek Color-Terms (page 28)
- Fronto and the Roman Artistic Background (page 29)
- Favorinus and Physiognomy (page 33)
- Summary (page 34)
- Chapter Two: Ancient Dyes: Color Me Beautiful (page 35)
- Purple Dyers (page 37)
- Red Dyers (page 41)
- Other Dyers (page 42)
- Vitruvian Colors (page 43)
- Summary (page 47)
- Chapter Three: Colored Clothing: You Are What You Wear (page 49)
- Purple Colored Clothing (page 50)
- Red Colored Clothing (page 62)
- Blue and Green Colored Clothing (page 65)
- Yellow Colored Clothing (page 67)
- White, Gray, Black, and Brown (page 72)
- Pullus (page 75)
- Summary (page 78)
- Chapter Four: Clothes Make the Man: Class and Color-Terms (page 81)
- Trimalchio the Freedman (page 81)
- The Freedman's Wife (page 86)
- The Freedman's Feast (page 89)
- Freedmen in Poetry (page 90)
- Summary (page 93)
- Chapter Five: Color Wars: Roman Chariot Teams (page 95)
- The Setting (page 95)
- The Teams (page 97)
- The Greens (page 100)
- The Blues (page 104)
- The Reds, Whites, and Others (page 105)
- Epilogue (page 106)
- Chapter Six: Color Physiognomy: You Are What You Look Like (page 109)
- Descriptions of Emperors (page 110)
- Descriptions of Ordinary Men (page 119)
- Descriptions of Women (page 128)
- Descriptions of Non-Romans (page 135)
- Gauls, Germans, and Britons (page 136)
- Assyrians, Egyptians, Ethiopians, Etruscans, and Indians (page 140)
- Summary (page 143)
- Chapter Seven: The Multicolored World of the Romans (page 145)
- Versicolor (page 145)
- Decolor and Decolorare (page 151)
- Discolor (page 156)
- Bicolor (page 161)
- Multicolor (page 162)
- Omnicolor (page 164)
- Unicolor and Concolor (page 165)
- Summary (page 170)
- Conclusions: Did Color-Terms Have an Ancient History? (page 171)
- Bibliography (page 175)
- Index of Latin Color-Terms (page 185)
- Index of Classical Works Cited (page 189)
- General Index (page 197)