The Devils Cloth

To stripe a surface serves to distinguish it, to point it out, to oppose it or associate it with another surface, and thus to classify it, to keep an eye on it, to verify it, even to censor it. Throughout the ages, the stripe has made its mark in mysterious ways From prisoners uniforms to tailored suits, a street sign to a set of sheets, Pablo Picasso to Saint Joseph, stripes have always made a bold statement But the boundary that separates the good stripe from the bad is often blurred Why, for instance, were stripes associated with the devil during the Middle Ages How did stripes come to symbolize freedom and unity after the American and French revolutions When did the stripe become a standard in men s fashion In the stripe, writes author Michel Pastoureau, there is something that resists enclosure within systems So before putting on that necktie or waving your country s flag, look to The Devil s Cloth for a colorful history of the stripe in all its variety, controversy, and connotation. Best Read [ The Devils Cloth ] by [ Michel Pastoureau ] – kino-fada.fr I was disappointed with this book The problems as I see it 1 It s too small to really provide the illustrations needed to buttress his argument.2 While he has good, even believable ideas, he routinely failed to convince me in one section and then contradicted himself in the next, thus irritating me.3 After a while, he starts throwing out wild suggestions The book is quite readable, but the scholarship is appalling It has been suggeste..., , , , , , , ,, , , , , , , , ,, ,, , ,This book provides new insight on a standard fabric pattern The meaning of the stripes has changed through the ages During the Medieval period stripes were used to mark sub classes prositutes, jesters, executioners and was often seen to be associated with sin or the devil The meaning of the stripe progessed and changed throughout the ages.The author has excellent points and adequate proof for his arguement, but his presenation weakens the overall benefit of this book I do recommend it if yo This book provides new insight on a standard fabric pattern The meaning of the stripes has changed through the ages During the Medieval period stripes were used to mark sub classes prositutes, jesters, executioners and was often seen to be associated with sin or the devil The meaning of the stripe progessed and changed throughout the ages.The author has...Just finishing this really interesting book Like red hair, striped clothing has been used as a signifier in western art and culture for that which is suspect, other , wild, or aberrant This well written little study looks at how this visual code has developed over the agesThis book is fascinating in its look at the history of stripes it s thought provoking and enlightening, and I love books or essays or topics like thesethat make you really LOOK at something you accept or don t really notice in everyday life Like stripes Where did they originate and what do they mean But here s the thing this book is like a first draft He doesn t have much to go on, and a lot of his ideas are conjecture He presents one view and completely contradicts it later, even in the This book is fascinating in its look at the history of stripes it s thought...This is the 2nd book by Pastoureau that I have read the first was the history of the color green Pastoureau s scholarship is impeccable Through studying textiles, insignia, and colors, he brings new light to history This...Now I know a thing or two about striped clothing in old Europe There were times when stripes were not good, and there were times when stripes were good I like books with no clear function, but unfortunately this one is a bit hard to read.La premi re moiti est tr s int ressante et forte valeur heuristique, mais plus on approche du vingti me si cle, plus la m thode laisse d sirer, avec des jugements de valeurs Ce qui laisse planer un doute sur la rigueur des 90 premi res pages.Fine for a start but not enough detail, few visual examples which in a book like this are absolutely necessary , and a rather strange attitude toward the research available on the subject Odd.A fantastic little romp.

• English
• 26 June 2017
Michel Pastoureau
• Paperback
• 144 pages
• 0743453263
• Michel Pastoureau
• The Devils Cloth