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The Christianization of Dark Skin
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter 1
- Contents 7
- INTRODUCTION 11
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IN THE BEGINNING WAS BLACK FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE YEAR 1000
- Mythologies of Darkness 21
- From Darkness to Colors 24
- From Palette to Lexicon 27
- Death and Its Color 30
- The Black Bird 36
- Black, White, Red 39
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IN THE DEVIL’S PALETTE TENTH TO THIRTEENTH CENTURIES
- The Devil and His Images 47
- The Devil and His Colors 51
- A Disturbing Bestiary 56
- To Dispel the Darkness 60
- The Monks' Quarrel: White Versus Black 63
- A New Color Order: The Coat of Arms 68
- Who Was The Black Knight? 72
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A FASHIONABLE COLOR FOURTEENTH TO SIXTEENTH CENTURIES
- The Colors of the Skin 79
- The Christianization of Dark Skin 82
- Jesus with the Dyer 88
- Dyeing in Black 90
- The Color's Moral Code 95
- The Luxury of Princes 100
- The Gray of Hope 106
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THE BIRTH OF THE WORLD IN BLACK AND WHITE SIXTEENTH TO EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES
- Ink and Paper 115
- Color in Black and White 119
- Hachures and Guillochures 122
- The Color War 124
- The Protestant Dress Code 130
- A Very Somber Century 134
- The Return of the Devil 136
- New Speculations, New Classifications 140
- A New Order of Colors 144
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ALL THE COLORS OF BLACK EIGHTEENTH TO TWENTY-FIRST CENTURIES
- The Triumph of Color 153
- The Age of Enlightenment 159
- The Poetics of Melancholy 165
- The Age of Coal and Factories 170
- Regarding Images 176
- A Modern Color 180
- A Dangerous Color? 190
- NOTES 196
- BIBLIOGRAPHY 207
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 211
- PHOTOGRAPHY CREDITS 211
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter 1
- Contents 7
- INTRODUCTION 11
-
IN THE BEGINNING WAS BLACK FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE YEAR 1000
- Mythologies of Darkness 21
- From Darkness to Colors 24
- From Palette to Lexicon 27
- Death and Its Color 30
- The Black Bird 36
- Black, White, Red 39
-
IN THE DEVIL’S PALETTE TENTH TO THIRTEENTH CENTURIES
- The Devil and His Images 47
- The Devil and His Colors 51
- A Disturbing Bestiary 56
- To Dispel the Darkness 60
- The Monks' Quarrel: White Versus Black 63
- A New Color Order: The Coat of Arms 68
- Who Was The Black Knight? 72
-
A FASHIONABLE COLOR FOURTEENTH TO SIXTEENTH CENTURIES
- The Colors of the Skin 79
- The Christianization of Dark Skin 82
- Jesus with the Dyer 88
- Dyeing in Black 90
- The Color's Moral Code 95
- The Luxury of Princes 100
- The Gray of Hope 106
-
THE BIRTH OF THE WORLD IN BLACK AND WHITE SIXTEENTH TO EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES
- Ink and Paper 115
- Color in Black and White 119
- Hachures and Guillochures 122
- The Color War 124
- The Protestant Dress Code 130
- A Very Somber Century 134
- The Return of the Devil 136
- New Speculations, New Classifications 140
- A New Order of Colors 144
-
ALL THE COLORS OF BLACK EIGHTEENTH TO TWENTY-FIRST CENTURIES
- The Triumph of Color 153
- The Age of Enlightenment 159
- The Poetics of Melancholy 165
- The Age of Coal and Factories 170
- Regarding Images 176
- A Modern Color 180
- A Dangerous Color? 190
- NOTES 196
- BIBLIOGRAPHY 207
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 211
- PHOTOGRAPHY CREDITS 211