Re-examining seventeenth-century French style Between 1678 and 1710; Parisian presses printed hundreds of images of elegantly attired men and women dressed in the latest mode; and posed to display every detail of their clothing and accessories. Long used to illustrate dress of the period; these fashion prints have been taken at face value and used uncritically. Drawing on perspectives from art history; costume history; French literature; museum conservation and theatrical costuming; the essays in this volume explore what the prints represent and what they reveal about fashion and culture in the seventeenth century. With more than one hundred illustrations; Fashion Prints in the Age of Louis XIV constitutes not only an innovative analysis of fashion engravings; but also one of the most comprehensive collections of seventeenth-century fashion images available in print.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A Glittering Look at the Reality of Our Civil WarBy philipGlittering Illusion is a refreshing investigation into the English view of the American Civil War. The author details the attitude of the English society in these bye-gone days. It is not revisionist but rather objective. The reader is presented with the multifaceted perceptions of the English toward the combatant nations. Current historians are only recently discussing the realities of the American Civil War as viewed by both Americans and other nationalities in those times.Most supposed modern teachers and writers will disavow the well researched material set before the reader because they are not educators but rather indoctrinators. Perhaps historians are breaking the glass ceiling of subjective historical interpretation. Authors such as Vanauken are much needed and bring a refreshingly researched study of history's realities.Vanauken displays a remarkably succinct yet informative amount facts about the English view of our Civil War. His sources are very good and reliable. The author's command of the subject proves that a good history can be factual without being lengthy.Wether you believe the North or South were right or wrong you will be challenged with rethinking your position on the issues and attitudes of the period.This is how historical issues of the past should be written-objectively and not subjectively; well researched and documented with good source material. This is eye opening in any case. Civil War Historians may well have to rethink their present positions on this period and how things were actually and not presumedly how events were viewed by Europeans.Worth every penny!1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Prof. Vanauken has put together an argument that the ...By William FrakerProf. Vanauken has put together an argument that the ruling class in Britain was attracted to the Confederacy - seeing it as an extension of the the U.S. revolution and as inevitable; especially given the gallant and successful leadership of the Southern army during the early years of the Civil War. Liberty; he points out; was largely built in British political theory on property; economically this made cotton and industrialization allies in the power dynamics of the period. The book argues against the modern concept of democracy as alien to the British mind of mid-19th century.24 of 25 people found the following review helpful. An unusual view of America's Civil WarBy David GrahamThis book was Vanauken's thesis work while at Oxford; presenting a neglected and unusual viewpoint of England's position on the American Civil War. Vanauken's views on "The War Between the States" won't draw much of a following nowadays; but that doesn't mean they are incorrect or misleading. To the contrary; Vanauken forces the reader to rethink long accepted dogma about America's bloodiest conflict; and why England never entered the fray. American Civil War fans will enjoy reading this book.
