Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. FOREWORD 3
3. Contents 5
4. INTRODUCTION 7
5. THE COLOR OF THE GODS: FROM EARLIEST TIMES TO THE BEGINNING OF CHRISTIANITY
6. Introduction 14
7. From Nature to Culture 16
8. The Moon and the Sacred 22
9. Wool and Linen: Dressing in White 38
10. The Lessons of the Lexicon 46
11. White versus Black 52
12. THE COLOR OF CHRIST. FOURTH TO FOURTEENTH CENTURIES
13. Introduction 58
14. Biblical White 60
15. A Christian Color 68
16. White versus Red 74
17. Regarding the Lily: A White Floriary 82
18. The Lamb, the Swan, and the Dove: A White Bestiary 88
19. A Feminine Color 98
20. THE COLOR OF KINGS: FIFTEENTH TO EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES
21. Introduction 108
22. The Birth of a Symbolic System 110
23. White, First among the Colors 116
24. Birth and Death in White 124
25. The Color of Nobility 136
26. The White of the Monarchy 146
27. Ink and Paper 154
28. THE COLOR OF MODERNITY: EIGHTEENTH TO TWENTY-FIRST CENTURIES
29. Introduction 162
30. White and Black: No Longer Colors 164
31. The White of Artists 170
32. From Cleanliness to Health 182
33. Dressing in White 196
34. Lexicons and Symbols 206
35. NOTES 219
36. BIBLIOGRAPHY 229
37. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 237
38. CREDITS 240