Drapery : classicism and barbarism in visual culture
by
 
Doy, Gen.

Title
: 
Drapery : classicism and barbarism in visual culture

Author
: 
Doy, Gen.

ISBN
: 
9781860645389
 
9781860645396

Personal Author
: 
Doy, Gen.

Publication Information
: 
London : I.B. Tauris, 2002.

Physical Description
: 
288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Contents
: 
Ch. 1. Representations of drapery: an overview -- Ch. 2. Commodification, cloth and drapery -- Ch. 3. Fetishism, drapery and veils -- Ch. 4. The fold: baroque and postmodern draperies -- Ch. 5. Drapery and contemporary art -- Ch. 6. The draped body and news photography.

Abstract
: 
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.

Subject Term
: 
Drapery in art.
 
Drapery in art -- Social aspects.
 
Art. (OCoLC)fst00815177
 
Draperies. (OCoLC)fst00897668
 
Draperieën.
 
Beeldende kunsten.


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