Men in black
By: John Harvey.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
Subjects: English literature -- History and criticism; Clothing and dress in literature; Black in literature; Men in literature; Man-woman relationships in literature; Symbolism of colors in literature; Clothing and dress -- Psychology; Costume -- Great Britain -- History
Description: Concentrating on the general shift away from color that began around 1800, Harvey traces the transition to black from the court of Burgundy in the fifteenth century, through sixteenth-century Venice, seventeenth-century Spain and the Netherlands. He uses paintings from Van Eyck and Degas to Francis Bacon, religious art, period lithographs, wood engravings, costume books, newsphotos, movie stills and related sources in his compelling study of the meaning of color and clothes.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 258-275) and index.