Full name: Blue: The History of a Color

Author: Michel Pastoureau Year: 2000 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Art, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Google Books Goodreads LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780691090504 0691090505

In this entertaining history, the renowned medievalist Pastoureau traces the changing meanings of blue from its rare appearances in prehistoric art to its international ubiquity today in blue jeans and Gauloises cigarette packs. 100 color plates. This book is part of the "Histoire d'une couleur" series. Here are some other books from this series: "Green" First published in 2013 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "Black" First published in 2008 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: Similar books: Green by Michel Pastoureau Black by Michel Pastoureau The Brilliant History of Color in Art by Victoria Finlay Color by Victoria Finlay The Secret Lives of Color by Kassia St. Clair Bright Earth by Philip Ball Color and Culture by John Gage Old Masters, New World by Cynthia Saltzman Art History by Dana Arnold Colors by Francois Delamare On Ugliness by Umberto Eco The Forger's Spell by Edward Dolnick Provenance by Laney Salisbury Color Choices by Stephen Quiller The Judgment of Paris by Ross King Renaissance by Alison Cole The Bear by Michel Pastoureau Natasha's Dance by Orlando Figes Halls Dictionary Of Subjects And Symbols In Art by James Hall Apollo's Angels by Jennifer Homans