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Sargent and Fashion
Erica E. Hirshler; As told to Caroline Corbeau-Parsons, James Finch, Pamela A. Parmal
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R963
Discovery Miles 9 630
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Sargent and Fashion explores the dynamic relationship of painting
and dress — from portraits and performance, gender expression and
the New Woman, to the pull of tradition and the excitement of new
ideas. "The coat is the picture," John Singer Sargent exclaimed to
his fellow artist Graham Robertson in the summer of 1894, tugging a
heavy overcoat ever more tightly around his sitter's slender
figure. Sought-after by sitters for his ability to present to the
world flattering and engaging likenesses, Sargent was
simultaneously pursuing his own artistic vision. Rather than
holding up a mirror to contemporary fashion, Sargent made fashion a
part of his artistic repertoire. He often chose what his sitters
wore, pinned their garments, or draped fabric around them, all with
a view to creating confections to be recorded on canvas through his
unrivalled artistic gifts. With contributions from many of the
leading thinkers on Sargent and his world, and lavish reproductions
of major portraits and exquisite costumes of the period, this
publication offers a vital new perspective on one of the most
famous and fashionable artists of all time.
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Sargent and Fashion
Erica E. Hirshler; As told to Caroline Corbeau-Parsons, James Finch, Pamela A. Parmal
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R793
Discovery Miles 7 930
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Sargent and Fashion explores the dynamic relationship of painting
and dress — from portraits and performance, gender expression and
the New Woman, to the pull of tradition and the excitement of new
ideas. "The coat is the picture," John Singer Sargent exclaimed to
his fellow artist Graham Robertson in the summer of 1894, tugging a
heavy overcoat ever more tightly around his sitter's slender
figure. Sought-after by sitters for his ability to present to the
world flattering and engaging likenesses, Sargent was
simultaneously pursuing his own artistic vision. Rather than
holding up a mirror to contemporary fashion, Sargent made fashion a
part of his artistic repertoire. He often chose what his sitters
wore, pinned their garments, or draped fabric around them, all with
a view to creating confections to be recorded on canvas through his
unrivalled artistic gifts. With contributions from many of the
leading thinkers on Sargent and his world, and lavish reproductions
of major portraits and exquisite costumes of the period, this
publication offers a vital new perspective on one of the most
famous and fashionable artists of all time.
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Fashioned by Sargent
Erica E. Hirshler, Caroline Corbeau-Parsons, James Finch, Pamela A. Parmal; Text written by Paul Fisher, …
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R1,269
Discovery Miles 12 690
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A mother stitches a few lines of prayer into a bedcover for her son serving in the Union army during the Civil War. A formerly enslaved African American woman creates a quilt populated by Biblical figures alongside celestial events. A quilted Lady Liberty, George Washington, and Abraham Lincoln mark the resignation of Richard Nixon. These are just a few of the diverse and sometimes hidden stories of the American experience told by quilts and bedcovers from the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Spanning more than four hundred years, the fifty-eight works of textile art in this book express the personal narratives of their makers and owners and connect to broader stories of global trade, immigration, industry, marginalisation, and territorial and cultural expansion. Made by Americans of European, African, Native, and Hispanic heritage, these engaging works of art range from family heirlooms to acts of political protest, each with its own story to tell.
Quilts and Color presents more than sixty graphically bold American
quilts from the Pilgrim/Roy Collection, one of the finest and
largest collections of quilts in the world. These collectors
recognized that quilt makers often grappled with the same concerns
as many modern artists. Influenced by twentieth-century art
developments such as Abstraction, Op Art and the Colour Field
movement, Paul Pilgrim and Gerald Roy were among the first to
appreciate quilts as more than simply decorative bedcovers, women's
fancy work, or symbols of a rustic past. Reproduced brilliantly and
arranged by ideas based in colour theory - Vibrations, Mixtures,
Gradation Harmonies, Contrasts, Variations, Optical Illusions and
Singular Visions - each quilt in this book is celebrated as a
unique work of art. The accompanying text also sheds light on the
social and cultural history of the quilts as well as the practices
and aspirations of their mostly anonymous makers, who created such
works of enduring beauty and arresting visual impact.
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Arts of the Ancient Americas (Paperback)
Dorie Reents-Budet, Dennis Carr, Darcy Kuronen, Pamela A. Parmal, Michael Suing, …
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R430
Discovery Miles 4 300
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