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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| description | 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 society and varies as much as the conceptions that are linked to it. The textual and iconographic documentation of several societies of the past shows that the color attributed to the waves integrates in fact a whole set of varied characteristics: luminosity, texture, emotions, designation, social values and standards. All these features make it possible to reconsider the relationship of the Western World to the sea: the blue sea is the horizon of tourists’ expectation and influences our imagination in such a way as to transform our seaside territories and our activities that are practiced there. |
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