Lyudi v chernom

Do XIX veka muzhchiny i zhenschiny odinakovo pribegali k yarkim cvetam v kostyume, vystavlyali napokaz kruzheva, dorogoy barhat, tonkie shelka i vyshivku, chrezvychayno naryadnuyu obuv', pricheski, pariki i shlyapy s ukrasheniyami, a v XVIII stoletii na ravnyh pol'zovalis' pudroy, rumyanami i prochey kosmetikoy. V XIX veke muzhchiny otstupili v ten', ostaviv yarkost' i pestrotu zhenschinam. V istoriyu mody etot "uhod" voshel kak "velikiy otkaz muzhchin". Cvet prevratilsya v orudie tendernoy differenciacii, chetko otdeliv "svetlyh" zhenschin (soglasno predstavleniyam epohi, podobnyh angelam, oblachennym v belye odezhdy) ot "temnyh" muzhchin, vynuzhdennyh po rodu zanyatiy vraschat'sya v bol'shom "nechistom" mire i odetyh v chernye oficial'nye kostyumy. Osnovyvayas' na mnogochislennyh primerah iz literatury i zhivopisi, Dzhon Harvi rassmatrivaet tip lyudey (preimuschestvenno muzhchin) v chernom i analiziruet mnogoobraznye smysly, kotorye pripisyvalis' etomu mnogoznachnomu cvetu na protyazhenii vekov.