A beautifully illustrated visual and cultural history of the color
red throughout the ages The color red has represented many things,
from the life force and the divine to love, lust, and anger. Up
through the Middle Ages, red held a place of privilege in the
Western world. For many cultures, red was not just one color of
many but rather the only color worthy enough to be used for social
purposes. In some languages, the word for red was the same as the
word for color. The first color developed for painting and dying,
red became associated in antiquity with war, wealth, and power. In
the medieval period, red held both religious significance, as the
color of the blood of Christ and the fires of Hell, and secular
meaning, as a symbol of love, glory, and beauty. Yet during the
Protestant Reformation, red began to decline in status. Viewed as
indecent and immoral and linked to luxury and the excesses of the
Catholic Church, red fell out of favor. After the French
Revolution, red gained new respect as the color of progressive
movements and radical left-wing politics. In this beautifully
illustrated book, Michel Pastoureau, the acclaimed author of Blue,
Black, and Green, now masterfully navigates centuries of symbolism
and complex meanings to present the fascinating and sometimes
controversial history of the color red. Pastoureau illuminates
red's evolution through a diverse selection of captivating images,
including the cave paintings of Lascaux, the works of Renaissance
masters, and the modern paintings and stained glass of Mark Rothko
and Josef Albers.
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