Heavenly bodies : fashion and the Catholic imagination

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Heavenly bodies : fashion and the Catholic imagination

Andrew Bolton ; with Barbara Drake Boehm ... [et al.] ; images by Katerina Jebb

Metropolitan Museum of Art , Distributed by Yale University Press, c2018

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"This catalogue is published in conjunction with "Heavenly bodies : fashion and the Catholic imagination" on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from May 10 through October 8, 2018"--Colophon of 1

Contents of Works

  • 1. The Vatican collection
  • 2. Fashioning worship
  • 3. Fashioning devotion

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Description

A brilliant exploration of fashion's complex engagement with the great art and artifacts of Catholic faith and practice Since antiquity, religious beliefs and practices have inspired many of the masterworks of art. These works of art have, in turn, fueled the imagination of fashion designers in the 20th and 21st centuries, yielding some of the most innovative creations in costume history. Connecting significant religious art and artifacts to their sartorial expressions, Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination provides a critical analysis of fashion's engagement with notions of the divine. Exploring fashion's complex and often controversial relationship with Catholicism, Heavenly Bodies probes what dress reveals about the state of religion and spirituality within contemporary culture, and how it may manifest-or subvert-Catholic values and ideology. Art objects, such as devotional paintings and altarpieces from The Met's collection, are presented alongside fashions from designers including Cristobal Balenciaga, Callot Soeurs, Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, John Galliano, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Madame Gres, Christian Lacroix, Karl Lagerfeld, Jeanne Lanvin, Claire McCardell, Alexander McQueen, Thierry Mugler, Elsa Schiaparelli, and Gianni Versace. The volume also presents a selection of ecclesiastical vestments and accessories from the Vatican collection, many of which have not been published before. Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Distributed by Yale University Press Exhibition Schedule: The Metropolitan Museum of Art (05/10/18-10/07/18)

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  • NCID
    BB2649258X
  • ISBN
    • 9781588396457
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    New York,New Heaven
  • Pages/Volumes
    2 v.
  • Size
    34 cm
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