多年以来，红色象征着很多东西，从生命力到爱、欲望和愤怒。在整个中世纪，这种鲜艳的颜色在

西方世界总是占有特殊的一席之地。对于许多文化来说，红色不仅仅是一种颜色，而是唯一一种足

以用于某些社会目的的颜色。在这本插图精美的RED: The History of a Color 中，作者通过各式图像

的选择，包括拉斯科的洞穴画、文艺复兴时期的大师作品以及马克·罗斯科和约瑟夫·阿尔伯斯的现

代绘画及彩色玻璃，阐明了红色的演变在历史中的演变。你对红色的历史和象征了解多少？这本书

会告诉你答案。

A beautifully illustrated visual and cultural history of the color red throughout the ages

The color red has represented many things, from the life force and the divine to love, lust, and anger. Up through the Middle Ages, red held a place of privilege in the Western world. For many cultures, red was not just one color of many but rather the only color worthy enough to be used for social purposes. In some languages, the word for red was the same as the word for color. The first color developed for painting and dying, red became associated in antiquity with war, wealth, and power. In the medieval period, red held both religious significance, as the color of the blood of Christ and the fires of Hell, and secular meaning, as a symbol of love, glory, and beauty. Yet during the Protestant Reformation, red began to decline in status. Viewed as indecent and immoral and linked to luxury and the excesses of the Catholic Church, red fell out of favor. After the French Revolution, red gained new respect as the color of progressive movements and radical left-wing politics.

In this beautifully illustrated book, Michel Pastoureau, the acclaimed author of Blue, Black, and Green, now masterfully navigates centuries of symbolism and complex meanings to present the fascinating and sometimes controversial history of the color red. Pastoureau illuminates red's evolution through a diverse selection of captivating images, including the cave paintings of Lascaux, the works of Renaissance masters, and the modern paintings and stained glass of Mark Rothko and Josef Albers.