Performance costume in 18th-century France : Louis-René Boquet between tradition and reform /
"Using as its lens the leading costume designer of the French court and the Paris Opera, Louis-René Boquet (1717-1814), Zeller Dotlacilová traces the development of the costume reform in 18th-Century France from an aesthetics of propriety, defined by strict conventions, to an aesthetics of trut...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Bloomsbury Visual Arts,
2026.
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| Edition: | First edtion. |
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| Summary: | "Using as its lens the leading costume designer of the French court and the Paris Opera, Louis-René Boquet (1717-1814), Zeller Dotlacilová traces the development of the costume reform in 18th-Century France from an aesthetics of propriety, defined by strict conventions, to an aesthetics of truthfulness drawing on models from both the visual arts and real life"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Physical Description: | vi, 226 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [197]-212) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781350531000 1350531006 9781350531048 1350531049 |