Fashion in European Art

ISBN: 9781788314480 出版年：2017 页码：290 Justine De Young Bloomsbury Publishing

Fashion reveals nare, but whom we aspire to be. From 1775 to 1925, artists in Europe were especially attuned to the gaps between appearance and reality, participating in and often critiquing the making of the self and the image. Reading their portrayals of modern lito fashion and dress reveals a world of complex calculations and subtle signals. Extensively illustrated, Fashion in European Art explores the significance of historical dress ovof upheaval, lived experience of dress and its representation. Drawing on visual sourcfrom paintings and photographs to fashion plates, caricatures and advertisements, the expert contributors consider how artists and their sitters engaged with the fashion and culture of their times. They explore the politics of dress, its inspirations and the reactions it provoked, many meanings of fashion in European art, revealing its importance in understanding modernity itself.