The new taste : fashion and art in the 1820s and 1830s /

A fascinating consideration of the dynamic relationship between fashion, art, and the modernizing forces of the early nineteenth century. Across the visual arts in France and Britain in the 1820s and 1830s a dynamic culture of fashion was taking shape. Wide-ranging in taste and driven by a quest for...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Siegfried, Susan L. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2026]
Subjects:	Fashion in art. Fashion > History > 19th century. Fashion and art > History > 19th century. Mode dans l'art. Mode et art > Histoire > 19e siècle.

Table of Contents:

Fashion and costume in print culture
The play of fantasy: Artists' prints
Clothing in cultural commentary and caricature
Historical costumes in painting
Historicized fashion in portraits
Contemporary fashion in portraits
Dressing the head.