Drapery : classicism and barbarism in visual culture / Gen Doy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Doy, Gen, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drapery in art--Social aspects.

Drapery in art.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (300 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.

Place of Publication:

London [England] : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Gen Doy investigates the hitherto neglected meanings of drapery and the draped body in visual culture around the world. She looks at areas such as the changes in drapery's connotations from purity to barbarity in holy war torn countries.

Contents:

CONTENTS; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 Representations of drapery: an overview; Chapter 2 Commodification, cloth and drapery; Chapter 3 Fetishism, drapery and veils; Chapter 4 The fold: baroque and postmodern draperies; Chapter 5 Drapery and contemporary art; Chapter 6 The draped body and news photography; Conclusion; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-282) and index.

Print version record.

ISBN:

9786612528156

9780755605958

0755605950

9780755604630

0755604636

9780857712202

0857712209

9781282528154

1282528157

9786000006761

6000006764

OCLC:

721193997