Shoes: An Illustrated History
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| Rating | : | 4.28 (866 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1472531000 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-09 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
She loved it! Come to think of it This was a gift for my shoe obsessed bestie. She loved it! Come to think of it, shoes ARE pretty neat.. "Fantastic new reference, also a great art book" according to Rachel E. Pollock. One of the advantages of blogging about such a narrow focus as costume from a professional and academic perspective? The very, very rare occasion when something happens like this: Bloomsbury sent me a review copy of the new book Shoes: An Illustrated History, by Rebecca Shawcross.And it's exciting, yes, to get s. "Beautiful Book" according to Nerak25Beautiful Book Nerak254 This was a gift and was a beautiful book. . This was a gift and was a beautiful book
Rebecca Shawcross is the Shoe Resources Officer at The Shoe Collection, Northampton Museum, UK.
They reveal the culture of the times in which they were worn – the sexual morals, the social power play, as well as the endless shifting of fashion. From chopines to stilettos, Louis XIV to Louboutin, Shoes: An Illustrated History is the definitive guide to footwear.Shoes have always been more than just a practical necessity. Rebecca Shawcross takes the reader on a fascinating journey – packed with social and historical detail – of making and wearing, of the spectacular and the everyday, of conforming and rebelling.Lavishly illustrated with a dazzling array of shoes from all over the world, Shoes: An Illustrated History tells the extraordinary story of this ultimate object of desire, from antiquity to the present.
She uses historical documents, paintings, photographs and advertising to show the ongoing development of footwear for both sexes.” Tish Wells, McClatchy DC“This beautifully illustrated compendium reveals the expertise of Shawcross, curator of the Boot and Shoe Collection (with more than 13,000 pairs, Europe's largest) at the Northampton Museum and Art Gallery, located in England's shoe trade center. Covering prehistory to the present, the author provides brief historical introductions for each period and discusses footwear design, types, fashion, manufacture, marketi