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Heavenly bodies : fashion and the Catholic imagination

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 2 volumes (335 pages, some folded) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 34 cmISBN:
  • 9781588396457
Other title:
  • Fashion and the Catholic imagination
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • BX1925 .B65 2018
  • GT503 .B65 2018
  • NK4701.N5 M483 2018
Contents:
[v. 1.] I. The Vatican collection -- [v. 2.] II. Fashioning worship ; III. Fashioning devotion.
[v.1] Sponsors' statements ; The Catholic imagination : the example of Michelangelo / David Tracy ; Sacred vestments : color and form / Marzia Cataldi Gallo ; I. The Vatican collection. On priestly garments / Gianfranco Cardinal Ravasi ; Plates -- [v. 2] Introduction / Andrew Bolton ; Vestments and hierarchy in Catholic visual piety / David Morgan ; II. Fashioning worship. A vision of beauty : fashioning heaven on Earth / C. Griffith Mann ; Plates ; III. Fashioning devotion. Habit forming : costume in medieval monastic community / Barbara Drake Boehm ; Plates.
Summary: "Since antiquity, religious beliefs and practices have inspired many of the world's greatest works of art. These masterworks have, in turn, fueled the imaginations of fashion designers in the 20th and 21st centuries, yielding some of the most innovative creations in the history of fashion. 'Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination' explores fashion's complex and often controversial relationship with Catholicism by examining the role of spirituality and religion in contemporary culture. This two-volume publication connects significant religious art and artifacts to their sartorial expressions. Volume one features images of rarely seen objects from the Vatican - ecclesiastical garments and accessories. Volume two focuses on fashions by designers such as Cristobal Balenciaga, Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, John Galliano, Jean Paul Gaultier, Madame Grés, Christian Lacroix, Karl Lagerfeld, Jeanne Lanvin, Claire McCardell, Thierry Mugler, Elsa Schiaparelli, and Gianni Versace. Essays by art historians and leading religious authorities provide perspective on how dress manifests, or subverts, Catholic values and ideology."--Publisher's website.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book Whitecliffe Library Oversize General Oversize GT 580 BOL Vol. 1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Use in Library Only - Not for Loan 0013595
Book Book Whitecliffe Library Oversize General Oversize GT 580 BOL Vol. 2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Use in Library Only - Not for Loan 0013594

Catalog of exhibition held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, May 10-October 8, 2018.

Issued in a slip case.

Includes bibliographical references (page 330).

[v. 1.] I. The Vatican collection -- [v. 2.] II. Fashioning worship ; III. Fashioning devotion.

[v.1] Sponsors' statements ; The Catholic imagination : the example of Michelangelo / David Tracy ; Sacred vestments : color and form / Marzia Cataldi Gallo ; I. The Vatican collection. On priestly garments / Gianfranco Cardinal Ravasi ; Plates -- [v. 2] Introduction / Andrew Bolton ; Vestments and hierarchy in Catholic visual piety / David Morgan ; II. Fashioning worship. A vision of beauty : fashioning heaven on Earth / C. Griffith Mann ; Plates ; III. Fashioning devotion. Habit forming : costume in medieval monastic community / Barbara Drake Boehm ; Plates.

"Since antiquity, religious beliefs and practices have inspired many of the world's greatest works of art. These masterworks have, in turn, fueled the imaginations of fashion designers in the 20th and 21st centuries, yielding some of the most innovative creations in the history of fashion. 'Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination' explores fashion's complex and often controversial relationship with Catholicism by examining the role of spirituality and religion in contemporary culture. This two-volume publication connects significant religious art and artifacts to their sartorial expressions. Volume one features images of rarely seen objects from the Vatican - ecclesiastical garments and accessories. Volume two focuses on fashions by designers such as Cristobal Balenciaga, Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, John Galliano, Jean Paul Gaultier, Madame Grés, Christian Lacroix, Karl Lagerfeld, Jeanne Lanvin, Claire McCardell, Thierry Mugler, Elsa Schiaparelli, and Gianni Versace. Essays by art historians and leading religious authorities provide perspective on how dress manifests, or subverts, Catholic values and ideology."--Publisher's website.

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