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Heavenly bodies : fashion and the Catholic imagination

Title
Heavenly bodies : fashion and the Catholic imagination / Andrew Bolton ; with Barbara Drake Boehm, Marzia Cataldi Gallo, C. Griffith Mann, David Morgan, Gianfranco Cardinal Ravasi, and David Tracy ; images by Katerina Jebb.
Author
Bolton, Andrew, 1966-
Publication
  • New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2018]
  • ©2018

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Additional Authors
  • Boehm, Barbara Drake.
  • Cataldi Gallo, Marzia.
  • Mann, C. Griffith.
  • Morgan, David, 1957-
  • Ravasi, Gianfranco.
  • Tracy, David.
  • Jebb, Katerina, 1962-
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Description
2 volumes (335 pages, some folded) : illustrations (some color); 34 cm
Summary
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.
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Note
  • Catalog of an exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from May 10-October 8, 2018.
  • Issued in a slip case.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (page 330).
Contents
Volume [1]. I. The Vatican collection -- Volume [2]. II. Fashioning worship; III. Fashioning devotion.
Call Number
JQG 18-505
ISBN
  • 1588396452
  • 9781588396457
OCLC
1011626301
Author
Bolton, Andrew, 1966- author.
Title
Heavenly bodies : fashion and the Catholic imagination / Andrew Bolton ; with Barbara Drake Boehm, Marzia Cataldi Gallo, C. Griffith Mann, David Morgan, Gianfranco Cardinal Ravasi, and David Tracy ; images by Katerina Jebb.
Publisher
New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2018]
Copyright Date
©2018
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 330).
Added Author
Boehm, Barbara Drake.
Cataldi Gallo, Marzia.
Mann, C. Griffith.
Morgan, David, 1957-
Ravasi, Gianfranco.
Tracy, David.
Jebb, Katerina, 1962-
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Research Call Number
JQG 18-505
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