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A collection of essays discussing historical, cultural and social aspects of color in the Ancient World and Pre-Columbian America (circa 3000 B.C.- 1000 A.D.).
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- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on Contributors
- List of Illustrations
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I. The Ancient Near East: Unraveling the Color Terminology for the Divine, the Sublime and the Ordinary
- The Color of Fortune: The Role of Color in Mesopotamian Divination
- Colorful Garments of Mesopotamian Stone Statues
- The Color Blue as an âAnimatorâ in Ancient Egyptian Art
- The Origins, Development, Diffusion and Significance of Early Color Terminology
- Part II. The Classical World: Reconfiguring the Human Face and Body
- The Materiality of Color in Ancient Mediterranean Art
- Gold and Purple: Brilliance, Materiality and Agency of Color in Ancient Greece
- Menâs Cosmetics in Plato and Xenophon
- Plautusâ and Terenceâs Colorful Pimps and Slaves
- Color and Clothing in Artemidorosâ Dream Visions
- Meaning and Materiality: Early Christian Theology of Color and Pagan Aesthetics
- Part III. Asia and America: Interweaving New Worlds and Exploring Traditions
- Perceptions of Color in Islamic Texts and Traditions with Special Reference to ShÄ«ÊżÄ« Sources
- Ancient Chinese âFive Colorsâ Theory: What Does Its Semantic Analysis Reveal?
- Aztec Reds: Investigating the Materiality of Color and Meaning in a Pre- Columbian Society
- Bibliography
- Index