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Pink: The History of Color – Pastoureau Michel – New Literary Review – 2025 – ISBN 978-5-4448-2721-5

Pink: The History of Color
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Although pink is common in nature, it was rare in European culture until the 14th century: it was rarely used in painting, clothing, or everyday life. Everything changed with the import of an exotic dye—pernambuco—to Europe, and later with the development of floristry: it was only in the 18th century that truly pink rose varieties were developed. It was then that the color received its name from the flower. When and how did pink become a "feminine" color? How was its development connected to fashion, botany, heraldry, and religious symbolism? Why was it associated more with masculinity in the Middle Ages, while in the 20th century it found itself at the center of aesthetic, social, and ideological shifts? Drawing on a variety of sources, the author traces the complex and contradictory history of pink—from cave paintings and ancient vases to the Barbie doll. Michel Pastoureau is a leading medieval historian and professor at the École Practique des Hautes Études in Paris. NLO Publishing House has previously published his books "Blue," "Black," "Red," "Green," "White," and "Yellow," as well as "Devilish Matter. The History of Stripes and Striped Fabrics."
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