Victorian Fashions: A Pictorial Archive, 965 Illustrations (Dover Pictorial Archive)
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| Rating | : | 4.24 (968 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0486402215 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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From the Back CoverWomen's fashions during the second half of the nineteenth century offered a delightful display of styles reflecting English, French, and American tastes. Suitable for a wide variety of graphic projects, these cuts will especially appeal to artists and illustrators in search of finely rendered images of authentic Victorian fashions.Selected by graphic artist Carol Belanger Grafton from such vintage sources as Harper's Bazar, La Mode Illustrée, Peterson's Magazine, Godey's Salon de la Mode and Frank Leslie's Ladies' Magazine, the cuts brim with clear detail and old-time flavor as they record a wealth of evolving stylesfrom ornate gowns of the mid-1800s, widened by hoop skirts and elaborately enhanced with ribbons,
Women's fashions during the second half of the nineteenth century offered a delightful display of styles reflecting English, French, and American tastes. Suitable for a wide variety of graphic projects, these cuts will especially appeal to artists and illustrators in search of finely rendered images of authentic Victorian fashions.Selected by graphic artist Carol Belanger Grafton from such vintage sources as Harper's Bazar, La Mode Illustrée, Peterson's Magazine, Godey's Salon de la Mode and
Must-have adjunct to the Blum and Olian books on Victorian fashion Joseph A. Admire Every student of 19th-century fashion needs to have six books from Dover Publications in his or her library:- Victorian Fashions and Costumes from 'Harper's Bazar', Stella Blum;- Victorian and Edwardian Fashions from La Mode Illustree, Joanne Olian;- Wedding Fashions 1860-1912, Joanne Olian;- Victorian and Edwardian Fashion: A Photographic Survey, Alison Gernsheim;- English Women's Clothing in the Nineteenth Century, C. Will. super resource for writers Deborah MacGillivray I would rank this book just behind Victorian Fashions and Costumes from Harper's Bazar, 1867-1898 (Dover Pictorial Archives) by Stella Blum and Full-Color Victorian Fashions : 1870-1893 by JoAnne Olian. If you have to be selected go with the first two before this one, but I still highly recommend this to round out the collection. More than 900 very detailed crisp drawing from the marvelous people at Dover Publishing again. T. Beautiful book, a bit light on earlier decades This is a lovely, simple book. There's a one page introduction at the beginning, and the rest of book is comprised of detailed black and white illustrations from a variety of publications (Godey's Lady's Book, Peterson's Magazine, Harper's Bazar, La Mode Ilustree, etc.) About 7 to 8 outfits/accessories are shown per page. Pages are ordered chronologically with the year at the bottom.My only issue with this book is that the c