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Charles Percier, 1764-1838 : architecture et design : exposition, New York, Bard Graduate Center Gallery, 18 novembre 2016-5 février 2017 ; Musée national de Fontainebleau, du 18 mars au 19 juin 2017
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ISBN: 9782711864171 Year: 2016 Publisher: Paris : Réunion des musées nationaux - Grand Palais,

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Designer avant la lettre, Charles Percier (1764-1838) oeuvre bien au-delà du seul domaine de l'architecture : du grand dessein du Louvre, des Tuileries et de la rue de Rivoli aux ornements de l'art du livre ; de la mise en scène des fêtes impériales aux décors intérieurs des nouvelles élites et des palais nationaux ; du mobilier aux arts décoratifs. Elève modeste de l'Ecole gratuite de dessin, Grand Prix de l'Académie royale d'architecture en 1786, pensionnaire enthousiaste à Rome, courant les ruines et les palais, il s'implique dans la Commune des arts sous la Révolution, puis, associé à Pierre Fontaine avec lequel il signe des publications influentes, devient décorateur en vogue au temps des Merveilleuses. Engagé au service des grands projets de bâtisseur de Napoléon, il se met en retrait après 1815, s'affirmant alors comme le principal professeur d'architecture des débuts de l'Ecole des beaux-arts. Pour la première fois, cet ouvrage et l'exposition qu'il accompagne offrent une vision d'ensemble du cheminement varié et insatiable de ce dessinateur hors pair, l'un des grands passeurs de l'idéal néoclassique de la fin de l'Ancien Régime aux foisonnements de l'éclectisme.


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French fashion, women, and the First World War
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ISBN: 9780300247985 Year: 2019 Publisher: New York, N.Y. Bard Graduate Center

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An unprecedented examination of the impact of fashion on society in France throughout the Great War. This fascinating exploration of French women’s fashion during World War I is the first in-depth consideration of the role that fashion played in the upheaval of French society between 1914 and 1918. As the fashion industry—the second largest industry in the country—mobilized to help the war effort, Parisian couture houses introduced new styles, aggressively disseminated information through magazines, and strengthened their propaganda efforts overseas. Women of all social classes adapted their garments to the wartime lifestyle, and practicality was increasingly introduced in the form of pockets and “sportswear” textiles like jersey.


While women were heralded for contributing to the war effort, the clothes they wore while doing so often provoked debates, particularly when their attire was seen as too masculine or militaristic. With focused studies of wartime garments such as skirt suits, nurse’s uniforms, work overalls, and mourning clothes, this volume brings to life the passionate debates that roiled the French fashion industry and reveals the extent to which fashion was a hotly contested topic and a barometer for social tensions throughout this tumultuous era.


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Threads of power : lace from the Textilmuseum St. Gallen
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ISBN: 9780300263497 Year: 2022 Publisher: New York (N.Y.) : Bard graduate center,

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"Threads of Power: Lace from the Textilmuseum St. Gallen' offers a look at one of the world's finest collections of historical lace. It traces the development of European lace from its emergence in the sixteenth century to the present, elucidating its important role in fashion. The book explores the longstanding connections between lace and status, addressing styles in lace worn at royal courts, including Habsburg Spain and Bourbon France, as well as lace worn by the elite ruling classes and Indigenous peoples in the Spanish Americas. Featuring new research, the publication covers a range of topics related to lace production, lace in fashion and portraiture, lace revivals, the mechanization of the lace industries in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and contemporary innovations in lace. With a focus on lace techniques, women lace makers, and lace as a signifier of wealth and power, this richly illustrated book includes wide-ranging contributions by curators and experts from major museums and academic institutions"--


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Agents of faith : votive objects in time and place

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