Blue : (Record no. 86243)
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| 000 -LEADER | |
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| fixed length control field | nam a22 7a 4500 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 020422s2001 njuac 001 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780691181363 |
| 082 0# - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 155.91145 |
| Cutter | / Pas |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Pastoureau, Michel |
| 240 10 - UNIFORM TITLE | |
| Uniform title | Bleu. |
| Language of a work | English |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Blue : |
| Remainder of title | the history of a color / |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Princeton, N.J. ; |
| -- | Oxford : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Princeton University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | c2001. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 216 p. : |
| Other physical details | col. ill., ports. ; |
| Dimensions | 25 cm. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| Table of Contents | Translated from French by Markus I. Cruse. |
| 520 ## - Remark | |
| Summary, etc | Blue has had a long and topsy-turvy history in the Western world. The ancient Greeks scorned it as ugly and barbaric, but most Americans and Europeans now cite it as their favorite color. In this fascinating history, the renowned medievalist Michel Pastoureau traces the changing meanings of blue from its rare appearance in prehistoric art to its international ubiquity today. Any history of color is, above all, a social history. Pastoureau investigates how the ever-changing role of blue in society has been reflected in manuscripts, stained glass, heraldry, clothing, paintings, and popular culture. Beginning with the almost total absence of blue from ancient Western art and language, the story moves to medieval Europe. As people began to associate blue with the Virgin Mary, the color became a powerful element in church decoration and symbolism. Blue gained new favor as a royal color in the twelfth century and became a formidable political and military force during the French Revolution. As blue triumphed in the modern era, new shades were created and blue became the color of romance and the blues. Finally, Pastoureau follows blue into contemporary times, when military clothing gave way to the everyday uniform of blue jeans and blue became the universal and unifying color of the Earth as seen from space. Beautifully illustrated, Blue tells the intriguing story of our favorite color and the cultures that have hated it, loved it, and made it essential to some of our greatest works of art. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Blue. |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Color |
| General subdivision | Psychological aspects |
| -- | History. |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Color |
| General subdivision | Social aspects |
| -- | History. |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Symbolism of colors |
| General subdivision | History. |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Blue in art. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Item type | Book |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Permanent location | Current location | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Date last borrowed | Cost, replacement price | Koha item type |
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| Book | HBCSE | HBCSE | Psychology | 2018-07-24 | 87 | 1.00 | 155.91145 / Pas | 24729 | 2024-11-13 | 2024-09-10 | 2099.00 | Book |