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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year"
"[Pastoureau] traces the use and significance of the color from the walls of the Lascaux caves and liturgical robes to medieval chess boards and heraldry, to engraving and photography, and the work of the Impressionist painters and contemporary designers. . . . Thorough research and abundant illustrations." * Library Journal *
"A rich and encyclopedic exploration of the manifold ways in which Westerners have conceptualized the color white."
---Jesse Russell, New Criterion"The book is full of fascination and is as abundant in unusual images as in revealing facts."
---Michael Prodger, New Statesman"Magisterial. . . .The book is full of striking contextualised images from antiquity to the present day, so readers gain vivid impressions of the role of white and its symbolism. The series is an extraordinary achievement." * Paradigm Explorer *
"The book is a good introductory resource on the significance and symbolism of the color white in Western European culture. Pastoureau's volume is a valuable addition to his introduction to the history of color in the West." * Choice *
