La mer est bleue comme une orange

What is the color of the sea? Blue, of course. Yet, in ancient Greece, the sea is purple like wine. In medieval manuscripts and European paintings, on the contrary, the waves regularly appear in different shades of green. The coloring of the sea is thus an expression of the representations of a soci...

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Main Author: Nicolas Siron
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: Centre d´Histoire et Théorie des Arts 2023-12-01
Series:Images Re-Vues
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/imagesrevues/13441
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