Cubism and Fashion [Hardcover]

Richard Martin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1999

Containing illustrations of paintings by Picasso, Braque, Delaunay and Leger, and designs by Chanel, Vionnet and Callot Soeurs, this is a study of the interrelationship between fashion and Cubism in the early-20th century. Published to accompany a 1998/9 exhibition at The Costume Institute of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, it sets out to demonstrate how fashion's newly planar forms and cylindrical, waistless silhouette exemplified Cubism's interpretation of the body. Fashion illustration and photography of the period also followed the precepts of Cubist imagery, with its indeterminate space, cylinders, cones and rotation. The author, a fashion historian, traces Cubism's continuing synergy with fashion up to the present day.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art; 1st edition (July 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0870998889
• ISBN-13: 978-0870998881
• Product Dimensions: 11.9 x 9.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,314,576 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #55 in Books > Arts & Photography > Schools, Periods & Styles > Cubism

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, December 19, 2001

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This review is from: Cubism and Fashion (Hardcover)

I was pleasantly surprised to pick up this book and be greeted with such clear, detailed, and beautiful photographs. The combination of clothing and art is carefully chosen and illustrates the written points perfectly. I show this book to everyne who comes over, and it has yet to be looked at for less than 30 minutes at a time!