Drapery
Subtitle: Classicism and Barbarism in Visual Culture
Publisher: I. B. Tauris
Published: April 6, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781860645389
Subjects: Cultural studies; Social Science; Art & Art Instruction; Sociology; General; History - General; Subjects & Themes - General; Social Science / General
Description: Gen Doy investigates the hitherto neglected meanings of drapery and the draped body in visual culture around the world. She looks at areas such as the changes in drapery's connotations from purity to barbarity in holy war torn countries.