Download or read book Trickster Travels written by Natalie Zemon Davis and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2007-03-06 with total page 659 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An engrossing study of Leo Africanus and his famous book, which introduced Africa to European readers Al-Hasan al-Wazzan--born in Granada to a Muslim family that in 1492 went to Morocco, where he traveled extensively on behalf of the sultan of Fez--is known to historians as Leo Africanus, author of the first geography of Africa to be published in Europe (in 1550). He had been captured by Christian pirates in the Mediterranean and imprisoned by the pope, then released, baptized, and allowed a European life of scholarship as the Christian writer Giovanni Leone. In this fascinating new book, the distinguished historian Natalie Zemon Davis offers a virtuoso study of the fragmentary, partial, and often contradictory traces that al-Hasan al-Wazzan left behind him, and a superb interpretation of his extraordinary life and work. In Trickster Travels, Davis describes all the sectors of her hero's life in rich detail, scrutinizing the evidence of al-Hasan's movement between cultural worlds; the Islamic and Arab traditions, genres, and ideas available to him; and his adventures with Christians and Jews in a European community of learned men and powerful church leaders. In depicting the life of this adventurous border-crosser, Davis suggests the many ways cultural barriers are negotiated and diverging traditions are fused.
Download or read book 1980s Fashion Print written by Marnie Fogg and published by Anova Books. This book was released on 2009-09-21 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sourcebook of 1980s fashion print, this edition showcases prints from a design period that is having a major revival. Covering the whole of this decade of excess, the book includes prints that were, for the first time, produced completely by fashion fabric designers (not the interior print designers of earlier eras.) The creativity of the period is given full expression in this sourcebook of hundreds of designs that make it an essential for contemporary designers and students. The book contains exclusive illustrations and original artwork from designers as well as finished prints. Each short chapter introduction is followed by illustrations with captions to give provenance and relevance. The prints are arranged in the following chapters: • Glamazon: the big-hair look demanded bold, colourful patterning that said 'Look at me' • Neon Blitz: dazzling colour, ostentation and the influence of graffiti • Urban Jungle: An urban take on the floral print with exotic multi-coloured images, typified by the prints of Kenzo • Catch The Wave: the influence of the surfing, skateboarding trends on print with high-voltage motifs and a modern take on the Hawaiian shirt • Radical Classical: Revisiting the past, as in all design eras, the 1980s appropriated Classical statues and architectural detail Word count 8000 !-- bullets -- Hundreds of prints from this key decade of fashion design A unique sourcebook for designers and students Ideal for the 1980s revival in fashion design and print Contains exclusive illustrations and original artwork of print designers
Download or read book 1950s Fashion Print written by Marnie Fogg and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2021-06-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An essential sourcebook of prints from a key fashion decade. The 1950s was the decade when an analytical approach to design, with a lightness and freshness, combined with whimsical imagery and idiosyncratic subject matter. Showcasing hundreds of print designs, this book celebrates the heyday of postwar fashion design. From Lucienne Day and Robert Stewart to Maija Isola of Marimekko, the designs and influences of the print icons of the time are all covered. In addition to finished prints, the book contains exclusive illustrations and original artworks. The major themes of the period are explored, including: narrative and novelty; abstraction, exploring the distorted and attenuated forms used in print; artistic licence and the influence of contemporary art on fashion print; and finally kinetic prints that capture the influence of the era’s ‘mobiles, doodles and spasms’. Each short chapter introduction is followed by a range of illustrations with captions to give provenance and relevance, making this a unique sourcebook for contemporary designers and students.
Download or read book Fifty Fashion Looks that Changed the 1950s written by DESIGN MUSEUM ENTERPRISE LTD and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Design Museum and fashion guru Paula Reed present Fifty Fashion Looks that Changed the 1950s. The most exciting, influential and definitive looks of one of the most significant decades in fashion! The Design Museum's mission is to celebrate, enterain and inform. It is the world's leading museum devoted to contemporary design in every form from furniture to fashion, and carchitecture to graphics. It is working to place design at the centre of contemporary culture and demonstrates both the richness of the creativity to be found in all forms of design, and its importance. This beautiful reference work showcases 50 iconic outfits from one of fashion's most influential and exciting decades. From the bombshell glamour of Marilyn Monroe in 'How to Marry a Millionaire' to the immergence of teenage style, via the sculptural forms of Christian Dior's New Look and Balenciaga's double A-Line, it celebrates all of the important looks that revolutionised modern fashion. With Paula Reed's lively and informative text and a wealth of fabulous photography, it is vital reading for design students, collectors of vintage, and everyone who truly loves fashion.
Download or read book Colour Me Beautiful Make up Book written by Carole Jackson and published by Piatkus Books. This book was released on 1987 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Use the Colour me beautiful system of colour analysis for your cosmetic colours.
Download or read book Fashions of a Decade written by Vicky Carnegy and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the designer suits of yuppie men and women to ripped jeans to the mini-crinoline craze to the eloquent fashion sense of Princess Diana, the 1980s encapsulates a time when it became fashionable to make money and dress well. This work explores the enthralling history of fashion as it recreated itself through the popular trends of the eighties.
Download or read book Street Style written by Catherine McDermott and published by Ashgate Publishing. This book was released on 1987 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Creative Haven Fabulous Fashions of the 1980s Coloring Book written by Ming-Ju Sun and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2021-06-23 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colorists feeling nostalgic for the scrunched socks, poof skirts and big hair of the 1980s will love these 31 retro illustrations of the wonderfully memorable fashions that defined the decade. Travel back in time with beautifully detailed outfits for work, play and formal events.
Download or read book 1960s Fashion Print written by Marnie Fogg and published by Anova Books. This book was released on 2008-09-16 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sourcebook of 1960s fashion print – the apogee of fashion print – that will be the inspiration for designers for years to come. The creativity of the period is given full expression in this sourcebook of hundreds of designs that makes it an essential for contemporary design practitioners and students. The book contains exclusive illustrations and original artwork from designers as well as finished prints. Each short chapter introduction is followed by a range of illustrations with captions to give provenance and relevance. The prints are arranged in the chapters: • Art into Pop: fashion prints that saw the influence of Pop Art • Revivals and Reflections: Biba''s revival of 19th-century designs • Flower Power: floral designs, from Marimekko to Ken Scott • Lost in multicoloured hues, kaleidoscopic colours and psychedelia prints • Magical Mystery Tour: the influence of other cultures on print design
Download or read book Blitz written by Iain R. Webb and published by Acc Art Books. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An inspiring, unique account of 1980s fashion and culture, as seen on the deeply influential, subversive pages of BLITZ, the pioneering '80s style magazine.
Download or read book 80s Fashion written by Sonnet Stanfill and published by Victoria & Albert Museum. This book was released on 2013-06-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exciting book explores one of the most diverse and innovative periods in British fashion and showcases the work of some of the decade's leading designers - including Betty Jackson, Leigh Bowery, John Galliano, Body Map, Vivienne Westwood and many others. Highlighting the decade's extraordinarily creative interaction between fashion and popular music, the book shows how both catwalk and club fashions were interpreted for a wider audience through the striking photography and innovative graphic designs of key magazines. 80s Fashion includes interviews and original archive material from practitioners such as Wendy Dagworthy and Paul Smith that casts new light on the designs of the decade.
Download or read book The Official Preppy Handbook written by Lisa Birnbach and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 1980 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fabulous Fashions of the 1920s written by Felicia Lowenstein Niven and published by Enslow Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2013-08 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Discusses the fashions of the 1920s, including clothing and hairstyles, trends and fads, designers, and world events that influenced the fashion"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Excess written by Maria Luisa Frisa and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Producing a book on fashion in the 1980s is not merely a question of immortalizing one of the most feverish periods of invention, creativity and variety in our recent history. It also means providing a window on the increasingly pervasive advance of show-business society, and on the origins of the designer "total living" environment in which we are now permanently submerged. Ralph Lauren pillowcases, anyone? How about a sip of Absolut from my Calvin Klein Home champagne glasses? "Excess: Fashion and the Underground in the 80s" chronicles the achievements of the fashion establishment in Italy and the rest of the world via its protagonists and trends. It considers the who, what, where, when and why of an industry that has become an economic phenomenon, with enormous influence on global culture and communication. It catalogues a world in which fashions by Armani, Versace, Valentino, Gianfranco Ferré, Fendi, Missoni, Moschino, Dolce & Gabbana, Fiorucci, Thierry Mugler, Jean Paul Gaultier, Vivienne Westwood, Katherine Hamnett, Azzedine Alaëa, Calvin Klein, and John Galliano appear in magazines like "Vogue, Elle, Donna, Mondo Uomo, Harper's Bazaar, The Face, i-D, Interview, Vanity Fair, GQ" and "Visionaire." It features work by 80s hotshot artists like Helmut Newton, Bruce Weber, Cindy Sherman, Nan Goldin, Andy Warhol, Jenny Holzer, Robert Mapplethorpe, Barbara Kruger, Gilbert & George, Pierre et Gilles and Leigh Bowery. Empirically organized as an index, "Excess" offers an indispensable point of reference for fashionistas, critics and students. Rather than operating chronologically, it functions thematically, under such categories as Career Women, Sexy Women, American Gigolo, Night Clubbing, Wild Boys, Yuppies, and Graffiti. A special section curated by Peter de Potter is dedicated to the Neo Œ80s, featuring fashions by Jeremy Scott, Louis Vuitton, Berhard Willhelm, Balenciaga, Veronique Branquinho and Bottega Veneta, as seen in the pages of "Butt, Dazed & Confused, SleazeNation, Spin, Self Service" and "Another Magazine." Additionally included are a series of appendices--equally balanced between mainstream and underground--which catalogue the new professions, new words and new fashions.
Download or read book 1980S Fashion Sticker Book written by Laura COWAN and published by . This book was released on 2018-10-04 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recreate the fashion scene from the 1980s with this inspiring, historically precise selection of fashion stickers. Colour blocked outfits and shoulder pads for smart wear matched big teased hair and spiral perms. Leg warmers and spandex made their way into daily wear on the wave of aerobics enthusiasm. This fabulous mix of styles comes together in this compact, attractive format. Informative notes, photographs and sketches explain each 'look' and add historical context for this decade. Part of a collectable series.
Download or read book Totally Coloring the 80 s Adult Coloring Book written by Flashback Print Flashback Print Press and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-05 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Totally Coloring the 80's Adult Coloring Book will be great way to relax and relieve stress for anyone who grew up in or is a fan of the 80's. Step away from your phone/computer/television and spend some time having a good laugh while you apply your impressive coloring skills to these amazing illustrations from the 1980's decade. The coloring pages include everything from roller skates, scrunchies, boomboxes, cassette tapes, fanny packs and much more! Each illustration is printed on a single sided sheet to prevent bleed through no matter what coloring tool you decide to use!
Download or read book The 1980s and 1990s written by Deirdre Clancy Steer and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the bloodiest conflict the United States has ever known, the clothing of men, women, and children changed little as the country was consumed by war. Complete with ample sidebars, The Civil War gives readers the necessary background about this tumultuous time in American history so they can understand how clothing, from hooped skirts to army uniforms, differed by region and by class. Photographs from movies, including Gone with the Wind, illustrate various popular types of clothing worn.The chapters include: War Begins, Antebellum and Civil War Dress: Women, Antebellum and Civil War Dress: Men and Children, Southern Uniforms, Northern Uniforms, Slaves' Clothes, The Blockade of the South, and The North's Victory and Reconstruction.
