From Shakespeare's "green-eyed monster" to the "green thought in a
green shade" in Andrew Marvell's "The Garden," the color green was
curiously prominent and resonant in English culture of the
sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Among other things, green was
the most common color of household goods, the recommended wall
color against which to view paintings, the hue that was supposed to
appear in alchemical processes at the moment base metal turned to
gold, and the color most frequently associated with human passions
of all sorts. A unique cultural history, "The Key of Green"
considers the significance of the color in the literature, visual
arts, and popular culture of early modern England.
Contending that color is a matter of both sensation and emotion,
Bruce R. Smith examines Renaissance material culture--including
tapestries, clothing, and stonework, among others--as well as
music, theater, philosophy, and nature through the lens of sense
perception and aesthetic pleasure. At the same time, Smith offers a
highly sophisticated meditation on the nature of consciousness,
perception, and emotion that will resonate with students and
scholars of the early modern period and beyond. Like the key to a
map, "The Key of Green" provides a guide for looking, listening,
reading, and thinking that restores the aesthetic considerations to
criticism that have been missing for too long.
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