Название: Fabric of Vision: Dress and Drapery in Painting
Автор: Anne Hollander
Издательство: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Год: 2016
ISBN: 1474251641; 9781474251648
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 208
Размер: 10,3 mb
Язык: English

Clothing appears in all forms of figurative painting, often taking up two thirds of a frame; yet it can often go unnoticed. Far more than a simple means of identifying the status or occupation of a figure, clothes and cloth are used creatively by artists to hint at ambiguities in character, adjust the emotional temperature, direct the eye or make subtle allusions.

First published in 2002 to accompany an exhibition of the same name at the National Gallery, London, this beautifully illustrated - and beautifully written - book by pioneering art historian and critic Anne Hollander, is reissued with a new Foreword by Valerie Steele. As penetrating and insightful as when it was first published, it remains a must-read for today's generation of students and anyone with an interest in art and fashion.