Summary
Sergio Salvi, Alessandro Savorelli: All colors of football
The book All colors of football: the history and heraldry of a magnificent obsession through the history of football as a game and as an institution, since it is also the history of its most famous clubs, explores the origins and creates a map of club colors that will include about a hundred teams. It brings the interpretation that the origin of these colors is mainly fashion, social affiliation, politics, religion, and especially the set of circumstances and personal taste are crucial.
Football inherited its form of color spectacle from knightly wars and tournaments, and the choice of jersey colors and the laws governing that choice have their roots in heraldry.
The book answers questions such as: why did Chelsea choose a blue jersey, Liverpool a red one, Celtic a white-green one, why Juventus changed its debut pink jersey to black and white? Part of the book is dedicated to club marks and coats of arms, which are considered to be probably the most famous sign system in the world.
The book is richly illustrated: between pages 144 and 145 it contains 16 panels with color pictures and photographs, which show the seven heraldic colors, the law of colors and correct combinations, coat of arms typology, motifs with shields, shields on shirts, eleven colors of football, club symbols - typologies, football bestiary - totems, football bestiary - mascots, jersey changes, European football elite, European national teams
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