The Gallery of Fashion

by Aileen Ribeiro and aileen-ribeiro

Book Overview

Costume, portraiture, and the presentation of self have been closely linked throughout the history of art. Yet while the face of the person portrayed is still accessible to the modern viewer, the meaning of the sitter's clothes has often been lost to history. In this innovative book, Aileen Ribeiro supplies readers with a time-transcending lens wrought from her considerable knowledge of the history of dress. She focuses on one hundred paintings, drawings,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691050929
• ISBN13: 9780691050928
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 3.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.5" x 11.0"