Title: Men in black
First published: 1995
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.
Subjects: Clothing and dress, Clothing and dress in literature, Psychology, History, Symbolism of colors in literature, English literature, History and criticism, Men in literature, Costume, Man-woman relationships in literature, Black in literature, Costume in literature, Psychological aspects, New York Times reviewed, English literature, history and criticism, Symbolism of colors, Clothing and dress, psychological aspects, Great britain, history, victoria, 1837-1901, Black, Social aspects
Places: Great Britain