Yellow: The History of a Color

Contents\nINTRODUCTION\nA BENEFICIAL COLOR (FROM EARLIEST TIMES TO THE FIFTH CENTURY)\nIntroduction\nTHE OCHERS OF THE PALEOLITHIC PERIOD\nTHE YELLOW METAL\nMYTHOLOGIES OF GOLD\nSUN WORSHIP\nDYEING IN YELLOW\nDRESSING IN YELLOW\nTHE CLODIUS AFFAIR\nTHE LESSONS OF THE LEXICON\nTHE SILENCE OF THE BIBLE AND THE CHURCH FATHERS\nAN AMBIGUOUS COLOR (SIXTH TO FIFTEENTH CENTURIES)\nIntroduction\nTHE ABSENCE OF YELLOW IN CHRISTIAN WORSHIP\nYELLOW IN HERALDRY\nAN AMBIVALENT SYMBOLISM\nTHE PRESTIGE OF BLOND HAIR\nBILE AND URINE\nENVY, LYING, AND TREACHERY\nTHE ROBES OF JAN HUS AND OF JUDAS\nTHE ORIGINS OF THE YELLOW STAR?\nAN UNPOPULAR COLOR (FOURTEENTH T O TWENTY-FIRST CENTURIES)\nIntroduction\nTHE YELLOW OF PAINTERS\nTHE YELLOW OF SCHOLARS\nYELLOW IN DAILY LIFE\nDICTIONARIES AND ENCYCLOPEDIAS\nTHE EAST COMES INTO FASHION\nDISCRETION, TRANSGRESSION, AND MODERNITY\nON THE MARGIN OF YELLOW: ORANGE\nON THE ATHLETIC FIELDS\nYELLOW FOR THE PRESENT DAY\nNOTES\nBIBLIOGRAPHY\nACKNOWLEDGMENTS\nCREDITS