Heavenly bodies : fashion and the Catholic imagination / Andrew Bolton ; with Barbara Drake Boehm, Marzia Cataldi Gallo, C. Griffith Mann, David Morgan, Gianfranco Cardinal Ravasi, and David Tracy ; images by Katerina Jebb

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Object Details

author
Bolton, Andrew 1966-
contributor
Boehm, Barbara Drake
Cataldi Gallo, Marzia
Mann, C. Griffith
Morgan, David 1957-
Ravasi, Gianfranco
Tracy, David
artist
Jebb, Katerina 1962-
publisher
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Subject
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Catalog of an exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, May 10-October 8, 2018.
Issued in a slip case.
NMAH copy Purchased with Adopt-a-Book funds.
Contents
Volume [1]. I. The Vatican collection -- Volume [2]. II. Fashioning worship; III. Fashioning devotion
Summary
A brilliant exploration of fashion's complex engagement with the great art and artifacts of Catholic faith and practice Since antiquity, religious beliefs and practices have inspired many of the masterworks of art. These works of art have, in turn, fueled the imagination of fashion designers in the 20th and 21st centuries, yielding some of the most innovative creations in costume history. Connecting significant religious art and artifacts to their sartorial expressions, Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination provides a critical analysis of fashion's engagement with notions of the divine. Exploring fashion's complex and often controversial relationship with Catholicism, Heavenly Bodies probes what dress reveals about the state of religion and spirituality within contemporary culture, and how it may manifest-or subvert-Catholic values and ideology. Art objects, such as devotional paintings and altarpieces from The Met's collection, are presented alongside fashions from designers including Cristobal Balenciaga, Callot Soeurs, Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, John Galliano, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Madame Gres, Christian Lacroix, Karl Lagerfeld, Jeanne Lanvin, Claire McCardell, Alexander McQueen, Thierry Mugler, Elsa Schiaparelli, and Gianni Versace. The volume also presents a selection of ecclesiastical vestments and accessories from the Vatican collection, many of which have not been published before.
2018
20th century
21st century
Type
Exhibitions
Catalogs
Exhibition catalogues
Exhibition catalogs
History
Physical description
3 volumes in 2 (335 pages, some folded) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 34 cm
Place
Vatican City
Title
Fashion and the Catholic imagination
Smithsonian Libraries
Topic
Church vestments--Catholic Churvch
Christian art and symbolism--Influence
Fashion--History
Fashion design--History
Church vestments
Record ID
siris_sil_1095174
Metadata Usage (text)
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