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Black--favorite color of priests and penitents, artists and ascetics, fashion designers and fascists--has always stood for powerfully opposed ideas: authority and humility, sin and holiness, rebellion and conformity, wealth and poverty, good and bad. In this beautiful and richly illustrated book, the acclaimed author of Blue now tells the fascinating social history of the color black in Europe. In the beginning was black, Michel Pastoureau tells us. The archetypal color of darkness and death, black was associated in the early Christian period with hell and the devil but also with monastic virtue. In the medieval era, black became the habit of courtiers and a hallmark of royal luxury. Black took on new meanings for early modern Europeans as they began to print words and images in black and white, and to absorb Isaac Newton's announcement that black was no color after all. During the romantic period, black was melancholy's friend, while in the twentieth century black (and white) came to dominate art, print, photography, and film, and was finally restored to the status of a true color. For Pastoureau, the history of any color must be a social history first because it is societies that give colors everything from their changing names to their changing meanings--and black is exemplary in this regard. In dyes, fabrics, and clothing, and in painting and other art works, black has always been a forceful--and ambivalent--shaper of social, symbolic, and ideological meaning in European societies. With its striking design and compelling text, Black will delight anyone who is interested in the history of fashion, art, media, or design.

British detective Fiona Griffiths, one of the most engaging female protagonists in crime thrillers, is back with a tough case to solve. A woman starved to death. A computer guy with his hands hacked off. The grim clues leading to the heist of the century. When DC Fiona Griffiths and her colleagues realise they're staring at one of the world's most audacious robberies, she's asked to take on the challenge: will she go undercover to penetrate this criminal gang from within? When Fiona says yes, she has to give up her old life entirely. She becomes Fiona Grey, a homeless woman struggling to get her life back together again. When the Black: The History of a Color free pdf criminal gang adopt her as one of their own, she's totally alone, vulnerable - and dangerous as hell. This international smash hit series is ideal for fans of Stieg Larsson, Jo Nesbo - or anyone else who loves their crime noir and their protagonists strong, female and unique. Watch out for more titles in the Fiona Griffiths crime thriller series An impossible burglary. A nailed-on suicide. And a detective who doesn't believe any of it. Fiona Griffiths is back in action with the stomach-churning excitement of THIS THING OF DARKNESS. Don't miss it!

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Author: Michel Pastoureau
Number of Pages: 216 pages
Published Date: 01 Jan 2009
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Country: New Jersey, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9780691139302
Download Link: Click Here
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