Red: The History of a Color by Michel Pastoureau, Jody Gladding

216 pages first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction art history informative slow-paced

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The color red has represented many things, from the life force and the divine to love, lust, and anger. Up through the Middle Ages, red held a place of privilege in the Western world. For many cultures, red was not just one color of many but rathe...

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