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Heavenly bodies : fashion and the Catholic imagination
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"Since antiquity, religious beliefs and practices have inspired many of the world's greatest works of art. These masterworks have, in turn, fueled the imaginations of fashion designers in the 20th ...
"Since antiquity, religious beliefs and practices have inspired many of the world's greatest works of art. These masterworks have, in turn, fueled the imaginations of fashion designers in the 20th and 21st centuries, yielding some of the most innovative creations in the history of fashion. 'Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination' explores fashion's complex and often controversial relationship with Catholicism by examining the role of spirituality and religion in contemporary culture. This two-volume publication connects significant religious art and artifacts to their sartorial expressions. Volume one features images of rarely seen objects from the Vatican - ecclesiastical garments and accessories. Volume two focuses on fashions by designers such as Cristobal Balenciaga, Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, John Galliano, Jean Paul Gaultier, Madame Grés, Christian Lacroix, Karl Lagerfeld, Jeanne Lanvin, Claire McCardell, Thierry Mugler, Elsa Schiaparelli, and Gianni Versace. Essays by art historians and leading religious authorities provide perspective on how dress manifests, or subverts, Catholic values and ideology."--Publisher's website.
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- Creator
- Andrew Bolton ; with Barbara Drake Boehm, Marzia Cataldi Gallo, C. Griffith Mann, David Morgan, Gianfranco Cardinal Ravasi, and David Tracy ; images by Katerina Jebb
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- English
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- New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2018]
- ©2018
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- 2 volumes (335 pages, some folded) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 34 cm
- ISBNs
- 1588396452, 9781588396457
- OCLC
- on1011626301
- Catalog of exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, May 10-October 8, 2018.
- Issued in a slip case.
- Includes bibliographical references (page 330).
- [volume 1]. I. The Vatican collection -- [volume 2]. II. Fashioning worship; III. Fashioning devotion
Subjects
- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) -- Catalogs.
- Church vestments -- Catholic Church -- Exhibitions.
- Christian art and symbolism -- Influence -- Exhibitions.
- Fashion -- History -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.
- Fashion -- History -- 21st century -- Exhibitions.
- Fashion design -- History -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.
- Fashion design -- History -- 21st century -- Exhibitions.
- Church vestments -- Vatican City -- Exhibitions.