Written in French.
A history of yellow in European societies, from the important place given to it by the Greeks and Romans in religious rituals to its current discretion. The colour is ambivalent, particularly in the Middle Ages, when it was a sign of lies and greed, linked to Judas and hypocrites...
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Written in French.
A history of yellow in European societies, from the important place given to it by the Greeks and Romans in religious rituals to its current discretion. The colour is ambivalent, particularly in the Middle Ages, when it was a sign of lies and greed, linked to Judas and hypocrites, but also of power and abundance.
Gold, sun, heat, lemon, prosperity, sulphur, lies, bile, betrayal, madness.
From the origins to the present day, a history of the colour yellow told by the historian Michel Pastoureau.
Written in French.
256 pages
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