Michel Pastoureau
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"One of The Guardian's Best Books of 2014" "One of TheAustralian.com's "In the Good Books" 2014" "One of The Globe and Mail 75 Book Ideas for Christmas 2014" Michel Pastoureau is a historian and director of studies at the École Pratique des Hautes Études de la Sorbonne in Paris. A specialist in the history of colors, symbols, and heraldry, he is the author of many books, including Blue and Black (both Princeton) and The Devil's Cloth: A History...
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Michel Pastoureau is a historian and emeritus director of studies at the École Pratique des Hautes Études de la Sorbonne in Paris. A renowned authority on the history of colors, symbols, and heraldry, he is the author of many books, including Blue, Black, Green, and Red (all Princeton). His books have been translated into more than thirty languages.
From the acclaimed author of Blue, a beautifully illustrated history of yellow from antiquity to...
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¿Qué queda de los colores de nuestra infancia? ¿Qué recuerdos conservamos?
¿Un conejo de peluche azul, un vestido rojo, una bicicleta de color amarillo? ¿Eran realmente de ese color?
¿Qué colores asociamos a nuestro primer amor, a nuestra vida adulta? ¿Transforma la memoria los colores a su antojo? ¿Por qué?
Para tratar de responder a estas preguntas, y a muchas otras, Michel Pastoureau nos propone un recorrido que abarca más del último...
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"A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year" Michel Pastoureau is a historian and emeritus director of studies at the École Pratique des Hautes Études de la Sorbonne in Paris. A renowned authority on the history of colors, symbols, and heraldry, he is the author of many books, including Blue, Black, Green, Red, and Yellow (all Princeton). His books have been translated into more than thirty languages.
From the acclaimed author of Blue, a...
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¿Qué tienen en común el caballo de Troya y los jabalíes de Obélix, la famosa loba romana y el monstruo del lago Ness?
¿Qué sabemos realmente de los animales de la Biblia (la serpiente del pecado original), la Mitología (el Minotauro) y los cómics (Mickey, Donald)?
Gracias a su cordial erudición, el gran historiador Michel Pastoureau nos deleita, como en un diálogo que no quisiéramos abandonar nunca, con tradiciones, leyendas y sucesos...
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Michel Pastoureau is a historian and emeritus director of studies at the École Pratique des Hautes Études de la Sorbonne in Paris. A specialist in the history of colors, symbols, and heraldry, he is the author of many books, including Red, Green, and Black (all Princeton) and The Devil's Cloth: A History of Stripes. His books have been translated into more than thirty languages.
A beautifully illustrated visual and cultural history of the color...
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"One of The Times (Saturday Review) Best Art Books of 2017" "Finalist for the 2018 (31st Annual) Translation Prize for Non Fiction, French-American Foundation & Florence Gould Foundation" Michel Pastoureau is a historian and director of studies at the École Pratique des Hautes Études de la Sorbonne in Paris. A specialist in the history of colors, symbols, and heraldry, he is the author of many books, including Green, Black, and Blue (all Princeton)...
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"Winner of the 2009 Bronze Medal in Fine Art, Independent Publisher Book Awards" "One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2009" Michel Pastoureau is a historian and director of studies at the École Pratique des Hautes Études de la Sorbonne in Paris. He is the author of many books, including Blue: The History of a Color (Princeton) and The Devil's Cloth: A History of Stripes.
The story of the color black in art, fashion, and culture-from...