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Black : the history of a color

by Michel Pastoureau

This study explores the social history of the colour black in Europe, tracing its changing symbolic and ideological meanings in art, fashion, and society from the early Christian era to the twentieth century.

Accession 3724 ISBN 9780691139302 Publisher Princeton University Press
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