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

Ribeiro, Aileen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0300119070 ISBN 13: 9780300119077

Publisher: Yale University Press, 2017

Synopsis

An entirely new way of looking at the history of fashion through the eyes of artists

There have always been important links between art and clothing. Artists have documented the ever-evolving trends in fashion, popularized certain styles of dress, and at times even designed fashions. This is the first book to explore in depth the fascinating points of contact between art and clothing, and in doing so it constructs a new and innovative history of dress in which the artist plays a central role. 
 
Aileen Ribeiro provides an illuminating account of the relationship between artists and clothing from the 17th century, when a more complex and sophisticated attitude to dress first appeared, to the early 20th century, when the boundaries between art and fashion became more fluid: haute couture could be seen as art, and art used textiles and clothes in highly imaginative ways.  Her narrative encompasses such themes as the ways in which clothing has helped to define the nation state; how masquerade and dressing up were key subjects in art and life; and how, while many artists found increasing inspiration in high fashion, others became involved in designing “artistic” and reform dress.  Sumptuously illustrated, Clothing Art also delves into the ways in which artists represent the clothes they depict in their work, approaches which range from photographic detail, through varying degrees of imaginative reality, to generalized drapery.  

About this title

Book Description:

Renowned historian Aileen Ribeiro investigates the evolving relationship between artists and clothing from the 17th century until the early 20th century.

About the Author:

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

About this edition

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0300119070
• ISBN 13: 9780300119077
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 582