Drapery : classicism and barbarism in visual culture

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Title:

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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In this fascinating and accessible book, Gen Doy investigates the hitherto neglected meanings of drapery and the draped body in visual culture. The baroque and the classical are her subjects, as are Freud's Gradiva, Clerambault's writings and photographs of draped figures, and the fetishistic play between veiling and repeating. Doy explores the meanings of drapery in recent art, from Christo's wrapped Reichstag to the impact of the modern women's art movement on fine art practice.