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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463792903321

Titolo

Fashion and art [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Adam Geczy and Vicki Karaminas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Berg, 2012

ISBN

0-85785-214-0

0-85785-213-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (259 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GeczyAdam

KaraminasVicki

Disciplina

391.001

Soggetti

Fashion and art

Fashion - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Plates; Acknowledgments; List of Contributors; Fashion and Art: Critical Crossovers; 1 Fashion; 2 Art; 3 Aesthetics; 4 Modernity; 5 Conceptual Fashion; 6 Body; 7 Beauty; 8 Boundaries; 9 Authenticity; 10 Performance; 11 Dressing Up; 12 Clothing; 13 Patronage; 14 Painting; 15 Image; 16 Exhibition; 17 Curating an Exhibition

Sommario/riassunto

For at least two centuries, fashion and art have maintained a competitive love-hate relationship. Both fashion and art construct imaginary worlds, and use a language of style to invigorate beliefs, perceptions and ideas. Until now the crossovers of fashion and art have received only scattered treatment and suffered from a dearth of theorization. As an attempt to theorize the area, this collection of new and updated essays is the most well-rounded and authoritative to date. Some of the world's foremost scholars in the field are assembled here to explore the art-fashion nexus in numerous ways: f