A History of Art in Three Colours: White

Art historian James Fox concludes his examination of the three colours he considers most important to human history by arguing that white, traditionally a symbol of virtue and purity, was warped into a shade that exposed the darkest human instincts. He explores why the colour fascinated 18th-century potter Josiah Wedgwood and art historian Johann Joachim Winckelmann, and examines how in the 20th century it came to be linked with the Italian dictator Mussolini and fascism