| Fashion Prints in the Age of Louis XIV: Interpreting the Art of Elegance Contributor(s): Norberg, Kathryn (Editor), Rosenbaum, Sandra (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0896728579 ISBN-13: 9780896728578 Publisher: Texas Tech University Press OUR PRICE: $41.36 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - France - Design | Fashion & Accessories - History | Modern - 17th Century |
| Dewey: 769.9 |
| LCCN: 2014011996 |
| Series: Costume Society of America |
| Physical Information: 1.23" H x 7.32" W x 10.33" (1.92 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - French - Chronological Period - 17th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Between 1678 and 1710, Parisian presses printed hundreds of images of elegantly attired men and women dressed in the latest mode, and posed to display every detail of their clothing and accessories. Long used to illustrate dress of the period, these fashion prints have been taken at face value and used uncritically. Drawing on perspectives from art history, costume history, French literature, museum conservation and theatrical costuming, the essays in this volume explore what the prints represent and what they reveal about fashion and culture in the seventeenth century. With more than one hundred illustrations, Fashion Prints in the Age of Louis XIV constitutes not only an innovative analysis of fashion engravings, but also one of the most comprehensive collections of seventeenth-century fashion images 04 Activeable in print. |