Michel Pastoureau is one of my favorite scholars of the visual ever, so much so that Theo Van Leeuwen and I have even written a journal article about him. Still going strong, now with a new book on the cultural history of the color pink.
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Princeton University Press
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Pink: The History of a Color by Michel Pastoureau
Translated by Jody Gladding. From the acclaimed author of Blue and other color histories, the beautifully illustrated story of pink, from the first ancient pigments to Barbie.
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Pink: The History of a Color by Michel Pastoureau
Translated by Jody Gladding. From the acclaimed author of Blue and other color histories, the beautifully illustrated story of pink, from the first ancient pigments to Barbie.
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
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