{"product_id":"the-colours-of-our-memories-paperback-softback-9780745655727","title":"The Colours of Our Memories (Paperback \/ softback) 9780745655727","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Colours of Our Memories\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMichel Pastoureau (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745655727, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 14 January 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e230 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.318 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Colours of Our Memories\u003c\/i\u003e is…history, memoir, semiotics, a study of material culture and perceptual change – all wrapped into an engagingly readable, accessible narrative full of intriguing topics that few people ever think about unprodded but will find invariably interesting, even fascinating.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eConsciousness, Literature and the Arts\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat remains of the colours of our childhood? What are our memories of a blue rabbit, a red dress, a yellow bike – and were they really those colours? What colours do we associate with our student years, our first loves, our adult lives? How does colour leave its mark on memory?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn an attempt to answer these and other questions, Michel Pastoureau presents us with a journal about colours that covers half a century. Drawing on personal recollections, he retraces the recent history of colours through an exploration of fashion and clothing, everyday objects and practices, emblems and flags, sport, literature, museums and art.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis text – playful, poetic, nostalgic – records the life of both the author and his contemporaries. We live in a world increasingly bursting with colour, in which colour remains a focus for memory, a source of delight and, most of all, an invitation to dream.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eolour. An aide-mémoire \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eI. CLOTHING\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the beginning was yellow\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTurbulent stripes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe navy-blue blazer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSubversive trousers\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA particular blue\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom the garment to the myth\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eColour against flesh\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNeutral shades in good taste\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMitterand beige\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSlimming colours\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the London Underground\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eII. DAILY LIFE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMy mother's pharmacy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe sad tale of young Philippe\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSweet-dispensers\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChoosing a colour: an impossible undertaking?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGreyness\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMetro tickets\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRed or blue?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTraffic lights\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eColour and design: a missed chance?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEating colours\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIII. THE ARTS AND LETTERS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn a painter's studio\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA painter caught between two volumes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn darkened halls\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIvanhoe\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Vowels'\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Red and the Black\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChrétien de Troyes at the cinema\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePink pigs and black pigs\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen Dalí assigned marks\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe colours of a great painter\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHistorians without colours\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe workings of time\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIV. ON SPORTS GROUNDS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGoals and referees\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe yellow bike\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBartali and the Italian flag\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Tour de l'Ouest\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eColour by default\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEasy colours and difficult ones\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePink and orange\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eV. MYTHS AND SYMBOLS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLittle Red Ridinghood\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLong live school Latin\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMy discovery of heraldry\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe black cat\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGreen superstitions\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe colour of destiny\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurling the colours\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA historical object that is alarming\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlaying chess\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWittgenstein and heraldic colours\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVI. ON TASTES AND COLOURS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn American gift\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSunbathing through the years\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe 'bling' of the 1950s\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA brief history of gold\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA mysterious shade of green\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDo you see red clearly?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNo purple for children\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe whims of memory\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreferences and opinion polls\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVII. 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