The Art of Dress: Fashion in England and France 1750 to 1820: Fashion in England and France, 1750-1820 - Rilegato

Ribeiro, Aileen

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0300062877 ISBN 13: 9780300062878

Casa editrice: Yale Univ Pr, 1995

Riassunto

Dress is the most fleeting of the arts, subject to the arbitrary dictates of fashion. It is also, however, the art that relates most closely to our lives, both as a reflection of our self-image and, in the words of Louis XIV, as 'the mirror of history'. This handsome book examines English and French fashion from 1750 to 1820 by studying the art of the period, and it shows how changes in dress reflected social, political and cultural developments in the two countries.
Closely analysing a wide range of visual sources - including portraits and history painting, sculpture, drawings, caricatures and fashion plates, by such artists as Reynolds, Gainsborough, Lawrence, David and Ingres - Aileen Ribeiro describes the development of fashion during this period.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Aileen Ribeiro is head of the History of Dress Department at the Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London, and Reader in the History of Art, University of London.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Yale Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0300062877
• ISBN 13: 9780300062878
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 268