Aztec Reds: Investigating the Materiality of Color and Meaning in a Pre- Columbian Society

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Notes on Contributors xi
5. List of Illustrations xv
6. Abbreviations xvii
7. Introduction 1
8. Part I. The Ancient Near East: Unraveling the Color Terminology for the Divine, the Sublime and the Ordinary
9. The Color of Fortune: The Role of Color in Mesopotamian Divination 9
10. Colorful Garments of Mesopotamian Stone Statues 31
11. The Color Blue as an ‘Animator’ in Ancient Egyptian Art 41
12. The Origins, Development, Diffusion and Significance of Early Color Terminology 65
13. Part II. The Classical World: Reconfiguring the Human Face and Body
14. The Materiality of Color in Ancient Mediterranean Art 97
15. Gold and Purple: Brilliance, Materiality and Agency of Color in Ancient Greece 121
16. Men’s Cosmetics in Plato and Xenophon 139
17. Plautus’ and Terence’s Colorful Pimps and Slaves 163
18. Color and Clothing in Artemidoros’ Dream Visions 175
19. Meaning and Materiality: Early Christian Theology of Color and Pagan Aesthetics 191
20. Part III. Asia and America: Interweaving New Worlds and Exploring Traditions
21. Perceptions of Color in Islamic Texts and Traditions with Special Reference to Shīʿī Sources 211
22. Ancient Chinese ‘Five Colors’ Theory: What Does Its Semantic Analysis Reveal? 225
23. Aztec Reds: Investigating the Materiality of Color and Meaning in a Pre- Columbian Society 245
24. Bibliography 265
25. Index 311