After the history of bold colors (blue, black, red, etc.), Michel Pastoureau, medieval historian and specialist in the symbolism of colors, now explores half-tones. His latest work deals with pink, of which he tells the story and reveals the hidden meanings.
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Present in nature, we rarely encountered this color in clothing until the end of the Middle Ages. It spread thanks to the use of Brazil wood, a dye imported from the New World. At the end of the 18th centurye century, pink became romantic and feminine, a symbol of softness, pleasure and happiness…
A meeting with readers at the New Bookstore
Friday November 29, 2024, Michel Pastoureau will be present in Saint-Brieuc (Côtes-d’Armor) during a meeting with students from the Ernest-Ronan high school, at 3 p.m. (open to all, subject to availability, in as part of the cycle of literary conferences of Ernest’s INsolences), then with the readers at 6 p.m., at the New bookstore.
Friday November 29, 2024at 3 p.m., Michel Pastoureau comes to the Ernest-Ronan high school (open to all, limited places) then, at 6 p.m., to the New bookstore, in Saint-Brieuc.
