Pink - From Botticelli to O'Keefe

The book explores how the color pink has evolved from a symbol of innocence and frivolity to a tool for artistic play, ambiguity, and subversion. It shows how pink has expressed everything from divine humility and luxury to sensuality, irony, and rebellion throughout history.

With examples from Sassetta, Boucher, El Greco, Fragonard, Georgia O'Keeffe, Takashi Murakami, and many more, it illustrates how artists have used pink in pigment, clothing, light, and skin to create mood and meaning. Combining rich images with short essays and cultural context, the book also highlights historically named shades of pink. It invites the reader to reconsider an often overlooked color and see how it has influenced and transformed art over the centuries.