The Way We Look: Dress and Aesthetics

Author:   Marilyn Revell DeLong
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
ISBN:  

9781563670718


Pages:   368
Publication Date:   01 January 1998
Format:   Paperback
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained


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The Way We Look: Dress and Aesthetics


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This classic text explains and applies the basic elements of design and aesthetics for a variety of apparel professionals. Using her own theory of the Apparel-Body-Construct -- the look or appearance of the body, clothing and accessories as a unit the author defines aesthetics in the context of understanding how we perceive dress and our reactions to it.

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Author:   Marilyn Revell DeLong
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Fairchild Books
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 18.70cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.743kg
ISBN:  

9781563670718


ISBN 10:   1563670712
Pages:   368
Publication Date:   01 January 1998
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained

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CONTENTS * Your Aesthetic Response * Perception: Interpretation of Form and Meaning * Studying the Aesthetic Response * Observing the Space of the Apparel-Body-Construct * The Body as a Pre-existing Structure * Materials of the Apparel-Body-Construct * Visual Definition Within the Apparel-Body-Construct * Organising the Apparel-Body-Construct * Interpreting the Apparel-Body-Construct TEXT FEATURES * Instructor's Guide provides course outlines, objectives and additional application exercises

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Marilyn Revell Delong is a professor and associate dean for Faculty and Graduate Programs in the College of Human Ecology at the University of Minnesota. Delong is a charter fellow of the International Textile and Apparel Association. She was presented the 2000 Lifetime Achievement in Design and Aesthetics Award by the International Textile and Apparel Association.

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