L'étoffe du Diable. Une histoire des rayures et des tissus rayés

Publié par Éditions du Seuil

183 pages

Résumé

"The medieval eye found any surface in which a background could not be distinguished from a foreground disturbing. Thus striped clothing was relegated to those on the margins or outside the social order - jugglers and prostitutes, for example - and in medieval paintings the devil himself is often depicted wearing stripes. The West has long continued to dress its slaves and servants, its crew members and convicts in stripes." But in the last centuries, stripes have also taken on new, positive meanings, connoting freedom, youth, playfulness, and pleasure. Witness the revolutionary stripes on the French and United States flags. In a wide-ranging discussion that touches on zebras, gangsters, awnings, and pajamas, augmented by illustrative plates, the author shows us how stripes have become chic, and even, in the case of bankers' pinstripes, a symbol of taste and status.

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Une histoire symbolique du Moyen Âge occidental

Des Teufels Tuch

Noir: Histoire d'une couleur

Pierre n'a plus peur du noir

Bleu - Histoire d'une couleur

Dernière visite chez le roi Arthur - Histoire d'un premier livre

Figures romanes

Critiques