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  1. A portrait of fashion
    six centuries of dress at the National Portrait Gallery
    Published: 2015
    Publisher:  National Portrait Gallery Publications, London

    Costume, portraiture and the presentation of the individual have been intimately linked throughout the history of art. While the face of the person portrayed is often still directly accessible to us, the details and significance of their dress can be... more

    Location:
    Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte, Bibliothek
    Inter-library loan:
    No loan of volumes, only paper copies will be sent

     

    Costume, portraiture and the presentation of the individual have been intimately linked throughout the history of art. While the face of the person portrayed is often still directly accessible to us, the details and significance of their dress can be less easy to comprehend. Lavishly illustrated throughout with paintings, drawings, photographs and other works of art, this beautiful publication is centred around 190 examples from the National Portrait Gallerys Collection. Through these, the authors explore the purpose and original context of the dress in which the sitter was recorded the damasks, satins, velvets and furs of Tudor and Stuart magnificence worn by Queen Elizabeth I and Charles I, but also the revolutionary simplicity of the cottons, linens and woollen cloth adopted by Mary Wollstonecraft, John Constable and John Clare. Packed with photographs that provide additional insights into the clothes worn by sitters in their portraits, and complemented by related material including fabric designs and jewellery, this authoritative guide looks in detail at one of the most fascinating aspects of many well-known images of the last 600 years

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9781855145566; 1855145561
    RVK Categories: LH 35290 ; LH 78990
    Subjects: Kleidung <Motiv>; Bildnismalerei
    Scope: 287 S., zahlr. Ill.
  2. A portrait of fashion
    six centuries of dress at the National Portrait Gallery
    Published: 2015
    Publisher:  National Portrait Gallery Publications, London

    Costume, portraiture and the presentation of the individual have been intimately linked throughout the history of art. While the face of the person portrayed is often still directly accessible to us, the details and significance of their dress can be... more

    Location:
    Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Universitätsbibliothek, Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum
    Inter-library loan:
    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan

    Location:
    Universität der Künste Berlin, Universitätsbibliothek
    Inter-library loan:
    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan

     

    Costume, portraiture and the presentation of the individual have been intimately linked throughout the history of art. While the face of the person portrayed is often still directly accessible to us, the details and significance of their dress can be less easy to comprehend. Lavishly illustrated throughout with paintings, drawings, photographs and other works of art, this beautiful publication is centred around 190 examples from the National Portrait Gallerys Collection. Through these, the authors explore the purpose and original context of the dress in which the sitter was recorded the damasks, satins, velvets and furs of Tudor and Stuart magnificence worn by Queen Elizabeth I and Charles I, but also the revolutionary simplicity of the cottons, linens and woollen cloth adopted by Mary Wollstonecraft, John Constable and John Clare. Packed with photographs that provide additional insights into the clothes worn by sitters in their portraits, and complemented by related material including fabric designs and jewellery, this authoritative guide looks in detail at one of the most fascinating aspects of many well-known images of the last 600 years

     
    Export to reference management software   RIS file
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9781855145566; 1855145561
    RVK Categories: LH 35290 ; LH 78990
    Subjects: Kleidung <Motiv>; Bildnismalerei
    Scope: 287 S., zahlr. Ill.