Against Fashion: Clothing as Art, 1850-1930

by Radu Stern

Book Overview

An indispensable guide to the historical avant-garde's appropriation of clothing as an art form; includes over 100 illustrations and an anthology of artists' writings.

The late nineteenth-century invention of "fashion" as we understand it today inspired avant-garde artists of the period to create an art form to counter commercial fashion. These artists saw clothing not as a symbol of class distinction but as a force for shaping experience--an...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262693291
• ISBN13: 9780262693295
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 205 Pages
• Weight: 3.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.8" x 9.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher