Clothing Art: The Visual Culture of Fashion, 1600-1914

Author:   Aileen Ribeiro
Publisher:   Yale University Press
ISBN:  

9780300119077


Pages:   582
Publication Date:   03 January 2017
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Aileen Ribeiro
Publisher:   Yale University Press
Imprint:   Yale University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 22.90cm , Height: 0.40cm , Length: 27.90cm
Weight:   2.767kg
ISBN:  

9780300119077


ISBN 10:   0300119070
Pages:   582
Publication Date:   03 January 2017
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained

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Aileen Ribeiro's magisterial and beautifully designed new book proves that all representation of clothing in art carry meaning... Prof. Ribeiro has led her field-the study of the history and portrayal of clothing-for decades and her comprehensive knowledge flowers here, not just as scholarly insight, but also through her understanding of clothing. -Philippa Stockley, Country Life, February 2017. -- Philippa Stockley Country Life Clothing Art is a culmination of the author's academic interests and the product of 40 years of writing, teaching and publishing. With its distinctive approach to dress history, it is without rival. -Martin Pel, Selvedge -- Martin Pel Selvedge This is a brilliant, sumptuously illustrated exploration of fashion through the eyes of artists... Ribeiro shows how the history of dress and the history of art are inseperable. -Sebastien Shakespeare, Tatler -- Sebastian Shakespeare Tatler In the future, anyone wanting to engage in interpretative discussion of art and clothes will have to come here first. -Nicola Shulman, Times Literary Supplement -- Nicola Shulman Times Literary Supplement The gift of Clothing Art is that it makes its case about the place of dress in art so quietly and impressively, accumulating image after image, drawing our attention very often to something remarkable that is being communicated by these artists in the clothes they depict. -Shahidha Bari, Literary Review -- Shahidha Bari Literary Review


Aileen Ribeiro's magisterial and beautifully designed new book proves that all representation of clothing in art carry meaning... Prof. Ribeiro has led her field-the study of the history and portrayal of clothing-for decades and her comprehensive knowledge flowers here, not just as scholarly insight, but also through her understanding of clothing. -Philippa Stockley, Country Life, February 2017. -- Philippa Stockley Country Life


Aileen Ribeiro's magisterial and beautifully designed new book proves that all representation of clothing in art carry meaning... Prof. Ribeiro has led her field-the study of the history and portrayal of clothing-for decades and her comprehensive knowledge flowers here, not just as scholarly insight, but also through her understanding of clothing. -Philippa Stockley, Country Life, February 2017. -- Philippa Stockley Country Life Clothing Art is a culmination of the author's academic interests and the product of 40 years of writing, teaching and publishing. With its distinctive approach to dress history, it is without rival. -Martin Pel, Selvedge -- Martin Pel Selvedge This is a brilliant, sumptuously illustrated exploration of fashion through the eyes of artists... Ribeiro shows how the history of dress and the history of art are inseperable. -Sebastien Shakespeare, Tatler -- Sebastian Shakespeare Tatler


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Aileen Ribeiro is professor emeritus in the history of art at the Courtauld Institute of Art, London.

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