Goldman Essays in Global Color History

Interpreting the Ancient Spectrum
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-4632-3663-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 349 Seiten

Reihe: Gorgias Studies in Classical and Late Antiquity

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.).

Autoren/Hrsg.

Goldman, Rachael B.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Table of Contents (page 7)
- Acknowledgments (page 9)
- Notes on Contributors (page 11)
- List of Illustrations (page 15)
- Abbreviations (page 17)
- Introduction (page 19)
- Part I. The Ancient Near East: Unraveling the Color Terminology for the Divine, the Sublime and the Ordinary (page 25)
- The Color of Fortune: The Role of Color in Mesopotamian Divination (Duane E. Smith) (page 27)
- Colorful Garments of Mesopotamian Stone Statues (Astrid Nunn) (page 49)
- The Color Blue as an 'Animator' in Ancient Egyptian Art (Lorelei H. Corcoran) (page 59)
- The Origins, Development, Diffusion and Significance of Early Color Terminology (David A. Warburton) (page 83)
- Part II. The Classical World: Reconfiguring the Human Face and Body (page 113)
- The Materiality of Color in Ancient Mediterranean Art (Jennifer M. S. Stager) (page 115)
- Gold, and Purple: Brilliance, Materiality and Agency of Color in Ancient Greece (Adeline Grand-Clement) (page 139)
- Mens's Cosmetics in Plato and Xenophon (Velvet Yates) (page 157)
- Plautus' and Terence's Colorful Pimps and Slaves (Rachael B. Goldman) (page 181)
- Color and Clothing in Artemidoros' Dream Visions (Denise Reitzenstein) (page 207)
- Meaning and Materiality: Early Christian Theology of Color and Pagan Aesthetics (Kunibert Bering) (page 223)
- Part III. Asia and America: Interweaving New Worlds and Exploring Traditions (page 241)
- Perceptions of Color in Islamic Texts and Traditions with Special Reference to Shi'i Sources (Majid Daneshgar) (page 243)
- Ancient Chinese 'Five Colors' Theory: What Does Its Semantic Analysis Reveal? (Victoria Bogushevskaya) (page 257)
- Aztec Reds: Investigating the Materiality of Color and Meaning in a Pre-Columbian Society (Elodie Dupey Garcia) (page 277)
- Bibliography (page 297)
- Index (page 343)