Green. The History of Color

The study is a continuation of a large-scale project by French historian Michel Pastureau, dedicated to writing the history of color in Western European societies, from Ancient Rome to the 18th century. Starting with the prestigious blue and continuing with... the controversial black, the author turned to deciphering green. Up until the 19th century, this color was one of the most complex in production and fixation: chemically unstable, it was for many long centuries associated with everything transient, ephemeral, fleeting: childhood, love, hope, luck, play, chance, money. Only the Romantics discerned its close connection to nature, which remains relevant to this day, when green, now the color of health, freedom, and hope, has been entrusted with the high mission of saving the planet.

Author: Мишель Пастуро

Printhouse: Novoe literaturnoe obozrenie

Series: Library of the journal "Fashion Theory"

Year of publication: 2024

ISBN: 9785444822685

Number of pages: 168

Size: 245x170x13 mm

Cover type: hard

Weight: 396 g

ID: 1703105

The study is a continuation of a large-scale project by French historian Michel Pastureau, dedicated to writing the history of color in Western European societies, from Ancient Rome to the 18th century. Starting with the prestigious blue and continuing with the controversial black, the author turned to deciphering green. Up until the 19th century, this color was one of the most complex in production and fixation: chemically unstable, it was for many long centuries associated with everything transient, ephemeral, fleeting: childhood, love, hope, luck, play, chance, money. Only the Romantics discerned its close connection to nature, which remains relevant to this day, when green, now the color of health, freedom, and hope, has been entrusted with the high mission of saving the planet.

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