In this fascinating and accessible book, Gen Doy investigates the hitherto neglected meanings of drapery and the draped body in visual culture. The baroque and the classical are her subjects, as are FreudOCOs Gradiva, ClerambaultOCOs writings and photographs of draped figures, the fetishistic play between veiling and revealing and the meanings of drapery in recent art, from ChristoOCOs wrapped Reichstag to the impact of the modern womenOCOs art movement on fine art practice. Yet she also finds and focuses on the draped body ...
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In this fascinating and accessible book, Gen Doy investigates the hitherto neglected meanings of drapery and the draped body in visual culture. The baroque and the classical are her subjects, as are FreudOCOs Gradiva, ClerambaultOCOs writings and photographs of draped figures, the fetishistic play between veiling and revealing and the meanings of drapery in recent art, from ChristoOCOs wrapped Reichstag to the impact of the modern womenOCOs art movement on fine art practice. Yet she also finds and focuses on the draped body now in countries like Algeria and Kosovo where draperyOCOs connotations are no longer those of purity and civilized elegance but of barbarism, poverty and savage death."
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 750grams, ISBN: 9781860645396.
