Discover how the color pink evolved from a symbol of innocence and frivolity to a powerful vehicle for artistic play, ambiguity, and subversion.Long associated with delicacy and sentiment, pink has also been used to express grandeur, sensuality, irony, and rebellion. This richly illustrated volume explores how the meaning and function of pink has illuminated, disguised, and transformed works of art across cultures and centuries.
Readers will encounter pink as a mark of divine humility in religious paintings, as a signal of luxury and desire in the flirtatious scenes of Fragonard and the refined elegance of Boucher; and as a radical material in modern and contemporary works.
Timelines, maps, and sidebars offer cultural context and historical depth throughout, including a vivid chart of historically and poetically named pinks — from cuisse de nymphe and rose bonbon to vieux rose and rose vineux — that reflect the color’s remarkable expressive range.
- A lovely gift edition exploring the significance and symbolism of the color pink.
- Includes iconic works from El Greco, Signac, O’Keefe, Murakami, Sassetta and more.
- Shows how artists have used pink to evoke emotion, atmosphere, and reimagine the world.
- Each artwork is paired with a thoughtful reflection on its making and meaning.
- Each piece also shows how the pigment was sourced and applied at the time.
Visually layered and full of unexpected connections, Pink invites readers to look again at a color too often dismissed. 
