The Art of the ShoeAbandoning a French look on the subject, Mrs. Bossan, the author, develops her study with a dichotomous vision: that of time that touches the history of mankind and that of geography and sociology, which lead to an almost ethnographic analysis. The author dissects the shoe and all that surrounds it: from its history to painting and literature. After this book, it will be difficult to publish a book with a more complete treatment of the subject. Illustrated with an iconography that is exceptional both for its aestheticism and the pieces chosen, this book is a reference for historians, sociologists and for the fashion victims and designers... |
Contents
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The Stories Shoes Tell | 205 |
The Shoe in Literature | 211 |
The Shoe and Art | 235 |
Appendix | 257 |
Glossary | 265 |
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Note of Thanks | 272 |
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