A Revolution in Colour: Natural Dyes and Dress in Europe, c. 1400-1800: Giorgio Riello: Bloomsbury Academic

A Revolution in Colour

Natural Dyes and Dress in Europe, c. 1400-1800

A Revolution in Colour

Natural Dyes and Dress in Europe, c. 1400-1800

Description

Bringing together an international cast of scholars from a range of disciplines, this highly illustrated book traces the history of colour through its relationship with clothing in Europe over four centuries in the pre-modern period. A Revolution in Colour reveals how, during this era, dyes spurred on aesthetic experiment, new modes of empirical observation and an intensification of globally interconnected trade. The book demonstrates that merchants and craftspeople generated much of the social value for new aesthetic possibilities through dye tones, successfully arguing that this set off a 'revolution in colour' that intertwined with the first age of globalization and consumerism.

Whilst providing clear evidence that even dress obtained by middling people in Europe could be much more expensive than paintings, A Revolution in Colour also shows that vibrant coloured clothing and accessories based on complex chemical experiments were ubiquitous. A broad range of natural dyes made for exciting and highly successful products by creating novelty and new emotional experiences for the masses.

List of Illustrations
Editors' Introduction
1. The Arrival of the Crimson Dyeing Technique in Italy in the Late Fourteenth Century Luca Molà (University of Warwick, UK)
2. The Woad We Have Lost? The Changing Supply Networks of Tuscan dye Businesses between the Local and the Global, 1450-1650 Stephanie Lietzel (Harvard University, USA)
3. Crimson Dyes and the Law in Renaissance Italy Lisa Monnas and Jo Kirby (both Independent Scholars, UK)
4. The Limits of Global Trade: Cochineal and Indigo in the Pre-modern Period Giorgio Riello (European University Institute, Italy)
5. A Dyeing Art: Reconstructing Rosetti's Plictho Sophie Pitman (Aalto University, Finland)
6. The Colourful Language of Dyeing Black Sven Dupré (University of Utrecht, The Netherlands) and Natalia Ortegasaez (Antwerp, The Netherlands)
7. Re-Colouring Renaissance Dress: Matthäus Schwarz of Augsburg Ulinka Rublack (Cambridge University, UK)
8. Creating colour in the Stuart Royal Wardrobes, 1566-1701 Maria Hayward (University of Southampton, UK)
9. Innovations and Imitations of Fashion: Colour and Novelty in Early Modern Italian Dress Paula Hohti Erichsen (Aalto University, Finland)
10. French Indigo Trade from Marseille to Levant Marguerite Martin (IDHES - Université Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne, France)
11. Dyes and Dyeing in the Business of Indienne in the Eighteenth Century Kim Siebenhüner (Historisches Institut, Jena, Germany)
12. Identifying Different Pathways to Historical Colour for Scientific Analysis Anita Quye (University of Glasgow, UK)
Conclusion: The Cost of Colour: Colonial Networks and Embodied Histories Beverly Lemire (University of Alberta, Canada)
Index

Product details

Published	Oct 17 2024
Format	Hardback
Edition	1st
Extent	304
ISBN	9781350405622
Imprint	Bloomsbury Academic
Illustrations	50 colour illus
Dimensions	9 x 6 inches
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing