The Clothed Body

Author : Liza Cleland
Publisher : Oxbow Books Limited
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Clothed Body in the Ancient World written by Liza Cleland and published by Oxbow Books Limited. This book was released on 2005 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The papers in this volume provide fascinating snapshots of the clothed body in the ancient world. These snapshots reveal common themes in scholarship and allow a comparison of methodologies across disciplines and periods.

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ISBN 13 : 9780857854049
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Clothed Body written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From tattoos to mini-skirts, to skin decoration, make-up and hair, the author examines the many functions of modern dress. Considering the psychological, cultural, spiritual and symbolic significances at play, she argues clothing is at the root of a complex set of messages, many of which are paradoxical.

Author : Dr Hannah Hunt
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1409456382
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Clothed in the Body written by Dr Hannah Hunt and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hunt examines the apparent paradox that Jesus' earthly existence and post resurrection appearances are experienced through consummately physical actions and attributes yet some ascetics within the Christian tradition appear to seek to deny the value of the human body, to find it deadening of spiritual life. Hunt considers why the Christian tradition as a whole has rarely managed more than an uneasy truce between the physical and the spiritual aspects of the human person. Why is it that the 'Church' has energetically argued, through centuries of ecumenical councils, for the dual nature of Christ but seems still unwilling to accept the full integration of physical and spiritual within humanity, despite Gregory of Nazianzus's comment that 'what has not been assumed has not been redeemed'?

Author : Mireille M. Lee
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316194957
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Body, Dress, and Identity in Ancient Greece written by Mireille M. Lee and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-01-12 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first general monograph on ancient Greek dress in English to be published in more than a century. By applying modern dress theory to the ancient evidence, this book reconstructs the social meanings attached to the dressed body in ancient Greece. Whereas many scholars have focused on individual aspects of ancient Greek dress, from the perspectives of literary, visual, and archaeological sources, this volume synthesizes the diverse evidence and offers fresh insights into this essential aspect of ancient society. Intended to be accessible to nonspecialists as well as classicists, and students as well as academic professionals, this book will find a wide audience.

Author : Patrizia Calefato
Publisher : Berg Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781845205751
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Clothed Body written by Patrizia Calefato and published by Berg Publishers. This book was released on 2004 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dress is everywhere imbued with symbols that reflect different meanings in different contexts. This compelling book convincingly demonstrates how clothing is analogous to a working language and is similarly underpinned by deeper meanings and philosop hies. From tattoos and mini-skirts, to skin decoration, makeup and hair, Calefato unpicks the multiple functions of modern dress. Exploring intriguing commonalities - for example, between tattooed Egyptian mummies of 2000 BC and modern subcultural st yles - Calefato considers the psychological, cultural, spiritual and symbolic significances at play in what she aptly labels 'body cartography'. What we wear is a vehicle for the (often contentious) expression of politics, gender and identity, placin g clothing at the root of a complex set of messages, many of which are paradoxical. Clothing may, for example, liberate through the pleasures of masquerade and at the same time 'cage' or control the body. The Clothed Body shows how semiotics can prov ide a convincing template for understanding dress in a wide range of contexts and will be essential reading for anyone interested in the meaning of what we wear.

Author : Dani Cavallaro
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fashioning the Frame written by Dani Cavallaro and published by . This book was released on 1998-10 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This groundbreaking work addresses important questions about the Algerian War of 1954-62 and the significant French resistance to their own leaders during the bitter conflict. Through the use of extensive interviews, it provides powerful insights into the clash of values that accompanied the war.

Author : Michael Massen
Publisher : Watson-Guptill Publications
ISBN 13 : 0823001199
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Artist's Guide to Drawing the Clothed Figure written by Michael Massen and published by Watson-Guptill Publications. This book was released on 2011 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive resource on the covered figure introduces clothing and drapery as basic shapes before illustrating how the mechanics of physics can cause them to bend, wrinkle and fold in predictable ways, demonstrating how to use key concepts to render clothing in any medium while citing the examples of masters from Raphael to Walt Disney.

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ISBN 13 : 9788498506082
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dressing the Body written by and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The exhibition Dressing the Body sets out to show how clothes modify the appearance of the body by way of actions that have alternately tended to compress it and liberate it, from the sixteenth century to the present. Dress modifies the appearance of the body by: 1. INCREASING: Creating volume using interior structures or ample rigid fabrics, separated from the body. The figure is enlarged from waist to feet: paniers, petticoats, crinolines and bustles. The silhouette is wrapped and expanded: shawls and capes. - 2. REDUCING: The natural forms of the body are reduced, especially the thorax and waist. The torso is compressed: corsets, bodices, bras and belts. - 3. ELONGATING: Enhancing the vertical to make the body look taller. The body is lenghtened: shoes with heels and platforms, hairstyles, hats and dresses with long tails. - 4. PROFILING: The forms of the body are outlined, without being altered. The silhouette is emphasized: stockings, tights, gloves, bodystockings and T-shirts in knitted or stretch fabrics. - 5. REVEALING: The silhouette is suggested, showing legs and arms and bare skin. The figure is revealed: transparent fabrics; short sleeveless dresses with low neck lines. (source: museudeldisseny.cat).

Author : Patrizia Calefato
Publisher : Anthem Press
ISBN 13 : 1785272446
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fashion as Cultural Translation written by Patrizia Calefato and published by Anthem Press. This book was released on 2021-01-30 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book highlights how the signs of fashion showcase stories, hybridations, forms of feeling, from the classics of fashion in cinema, to fashion as cultural tradition in the global world, to digital media. Based on a strong socio-semiotic method (Barthes, The Language of Fashion is the main reference), the book crosses some of the main aspects of the contemporary culture of the clothed body: from time and space, to gender, to fashion as cultural translation, to the narratives included in the media convergence of our age. According to Jurji Lotman, fashion introduces the dynamic principle into seemingly inert spheres of the everyday. Fashion’s unexpected function of overturning received meaning is conveyed through its collocation within the dynamic storehouse of what Lotman calls the “sphere of the unpredictable.” In this horizon, the concept of fashion as a worldly system of sense (Benjamin) generates different “worlds” through its signs.

Author : Sharron J. Lennon
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1501313576
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Social Psychology of Dress written by Sharron J. Lennon and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2017-03-09 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social Psychology of Dress presents and explains the major theories and concepts that are important to understanding relationships between dress and human behavior. These concepts and theories are derived from such disciplines as sociology, psychology, anthropology, communication, and textiles and clothing. Information presented will provide summaries of empirical research, as well as examples from current events or popular culture. The book provides a broad-based and inclusive discussion of the social psychology of dress, including: - The study of dress and how to do it - Cultural topics such as cultural patterns including technology, cultural complexity, normative order, aesthetics, hygiene, ethnicity, ritual - Societal topics such as family, economy-occupation, social organizations and sports, fraternal organizations - Individual-focused theories on deviance, personality variables, self, values, body image and social cognition - Coverage of key theories related to dress and identity provide a strong theoretical foundation for further research Unique chapter features bring in industry application and current events. The end-of-chapter summaries, discussion questions and activities give students opportunities to study and research dress. Teaching resources including an instructor's guide, test bank and PowerPoint presentations with full-color versions of images from the textbook. Social Psychology of Dress STUDIO - Study smarter with self-quizzes featuring scored results and personalized study tips - Review concepts with flashcards of essential vocabulary - Download worksheets to complete chapter activities