INTRODUCTION

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 5
3. INTRODUCTION 7
4. A BENEFICIAL COLOR (FROM EARLIEST TIMES TO THE FIFTH CENTURY)
5. Introduction 13
6. THE OCHERS OF THE PALEOLITHIC PERIOD 18
7. THE YELLOW METAL 23
8. MYTHOLOGIES OF GOLD 30
9. SUN WORSHIP 38
10. DYEING IN YELLOW 47
11. DRESSING IN YELLOW 50
12. THE CLODIUS AFFAIR 58
13. THE LESSONS OF THE LEXICON 64
14. THE SILENCE OF THE BIBLE AND THE CHURCH FATHERS 69
15. AN AMBIGUOUS COLOR (SIXTH TO FIFTEENTH CENTURIES)
16. Introduction 75
17. THE ABSENCE OF YELLOW IN CHRISTIAN WORSHIP 78
18. YELLOW IN HERALDRY 85
19. AN AMBIVALENT SYMBOLISM 90
20. THE PRESTIGE OF BLOND HAIR 96
21. BILE AND URINE 105
22. ENVY, LYING, AND TREACHERY 111
23. THE ROBES OF JAN HUS AND OF JUDAS 118
24. THE ORIGINS OF THE YELLOW STAR? 130
25. AN UNPOPULAR COLOR (FOURTEENTH T O TWENTY-FIRST CENTURIES)
26. Introduction 137
27. THE YELLOW OF PAINTERS 144
28. THE YELLOW OF SCHOLARS 158
29. YELLOW IN DAILY LIFE 162
30. DICTIONARIES AND ENCYCLOPEDIAS 173
31. THE EAST COMES INTO FASHION 178
32. DISCRETION, TRANSGRESSION, AND MODERNITY 186
33. ON THE MARGIN OF YELLOW: ORANGE 198
34. ON THE ATHLETIC FIELDS 207
35. YELLOW FOR THE PRESENT DAY 210
36. NOTES 222
37. BIBLIOGRAPHY 234
38. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 238
39. CREDITS 240