Fashion in the French Revolution New Edition

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Fashion in the French Revolution New Edition | 29.77 MB

Title: Fashion in the French Revolution New Edition
Author: Aileen Ribeiro
Category: Social Science, Fashion, General Art, Criticism, Customs & Traditions, Art History, General Design
Language: English | 254 Pages | ISBN: 9781350320147


Description:
This exciting new edition of   Fashion in the French Revolution   looks at the elaborate dress of French society and the court in the 1780s and the way in which plain clothing became identified with "democracy". 

Illustrated in full colour throughout and with many new additional images, this extensively revised edition of   Fashion in the French Revolution   looks at the elaborate dress worn by the elite in the 1780s, and then the impact on people's lives and clothing as a result of the events of 1789 onwards. This was a period in which, for the first time, what one wore was radically affected by revolutionary politics and plain clothing became identified with 'democracy'. Award-winning dress historian Aileen Ribeiro skilfully weaves analysis of paintings, engravings, fashion plates and extant garments to reveal how clothing at all levels in society changed as a result.

This revised and updated edition - as relevant, informative and provocative as when it was first published in 1988 - brings the classic   Fashion in the French Revolution   to a new generation of readers interested in dress history, fine art, European 18th century history, and all those interested in intelligent, articulate and informed discussion of the period.