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The silhouette : from the 18th century to the present day
- Title
- The silhouette : from the 18th century to the present day / by Georges Vigarello ; translated by Augusta Dörr.
- Author
- Vigarello, Georges
- Publication
- London ; New York : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2016.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Dörr, Augusta
- Description
- 184 pages : illustrations (color and black and white); 29 cm
- Uniform Title
- Silhouette. English
- Alternative Title
- Silhouette.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- A new word, a new line : The invention of the word "silhouette" (18th century) ; The art of "silhouetting" ; From shaded faces to shaded figures -- From the mezzotint to the romantic aesthetic : The Enlightenment and emergence of morphology ; Before the "silhouette": early incarnations ; The quest for detail: the triumph of the "full-length" profile portrait ; The complex and curious realm of the shadow ; The romantic perspective -- Innovations in graphic art : A process expands: press and image ; A word expands: physical and moral significance ; The silhouette: a social "museum" in the 19th century ; The "invention" of morphology ; The silhouette: an academic approach ; The silhouette and fashion in the romantic era ; A wealth of creativity in graphic art ; From the press to the poster -- The art of expression : Photography and figures in motion ; The female contour: from slender to erotic ; The nude becomes "commonplace" ; The honing of the female form ; A growing personal imperative ; The honing of the male form ; The theme of decline ; The quest to classify ; The tragic danger of "race" ; The realms of expression and information ; Between curves and muscles ; The emergence of psychology: the dawn of a cult? -- V. The contemporary silhouette : Radical changes in the figure ; The challenge of identity ; The silhouette: the mastery and weakness of the body -- Conclusion.
- Call Number
- JQF 17-333
- ISBN
- 9781474244657
- 1474244653
- LCCN
- 2015041479
- OCLC
- 927141360
- Author
- Vigarello, Georges, author.
- Title
- The silhouette : from the 18th century to the present day / by Georges Vigarello ; translated by Augusta Dörr.
- Publisher
- London ; New York : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2016.
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Dörr, Augusta, translator.
- Research Call Number
- JQF 17-333