Telemaco Signorini. Catalogo generale ragionato delle opere
Pistoia, 2019; bound, pp. 810, 1500 b/w and col. ill., cm 21,5x29,5.
cover price: € 240.00
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Telemaco Signorini. Catalogo generale ragionato delle opere
Pistoia, 2019; bound, pp. 810, 1500 b/w and col. ill., cm 21,5x29,5.
FREE (cover price: € 240.00)
Il Pittore Luigi Nono (1850-1918). Catalogo Ragionato dei Dipinti e dei Disegni. La Vita, i Documenti, le Opere
Torino, 2006; 2 vols., bound in a case, pp. 576, 862 b/w ill., 117 col. plates, cm 25x34.
(Varia).
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Cavaglieri. Catalogo Ragionato dei Dipinti: la Vita e le Opere. Catalogo delle Opere
Torino, 2006; 2 vols., bound in a case, pp. 608, b/w ill., 125 col. ill., 125 col. plates, cm 25x35.
(Archivi dell'Ottocento).
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Costume Balls. Dressing Up History, 1870-1927
Five Continents Editions
English Text.
Milano, 2024; paperback, pp. 304, b/w ill., 200 col. ill., cm 25,5x34,5.
EAN13: 9791254600719
Subject: Photography,Textiles (Tapestries, Carpets, Embroyderies),Wood (Frames, Carving, Furniture, Tarsia)
Period: 1800-1960 (XIX-XX) Modern Period
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Weight: 0 kg
The book accompanies the exhibition Costume Balls: Dressing Up History, 1870-1927 at the McCord Stewart Museum, Montreal. A lead essay presents an overall view of the fancy dress phenomenon, and the major events in Canada with their colonial underpinnings. Other essays look in turn at the commemoration of these balls in art, photography, and publications, a decolonising perspective on the representation of Indigenous and other marginalised peoples in fancy dress, and the ephemeral nature of the extant objects.
A section consists of detailed profiles of astounding garments, with several images to show views of each that cannot be seen in the exhibition: interior construction and labels, closeup views of textiles and materials, and comparisons of archival photographs of ball guests in costume.
The book is unique amongst historical fashion publications as it is the first to be devoted to fancy dress in such detail.