Dance and Fashion
Best-Rated #1 Ballet Costumes Design History
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The first book to explore the synergy between dance and fashion, featuring a wide range of dance-fashion collaborations and inspirations Dress and adornment have long played an important role in the visual allure of dance, and fashion designers have often been inspired by the way dancers look. The tutus and pointe shoes of the Romantic ballerina, for example, have influenced designers from Christian Dior to Christian Louboutin. Cristóbal Balenciaga was inspired by the drama of flamenco, Yves Sa... [Read More]
Favorite Ballets Coloring Book (Dover Fashion Coloring Book)
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The many youngsters who love ballet — and love to color as well — will treasure this elegant coloring book. Charmingly rendered illustrations depict classic costumes and characters from such popular ballets as Swan Lake, Petrouchka, The Nutcracker, Don Quixote, Cinderella, Coppélia, The Sleeping Beauty, and The Firebird.Captions contain the title of the ballet, the names of the choreographer and composer, and the year the ballet was first performed. Also included is a brief explanation of t... [Read More]
From Russia With Love: Costumes for the Ballets Russes 1909-1933
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Leong, Roger
Pippa by Design: A Story of Ballet and Costumes
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Heavily illustrated with photos and artwork, full of factual tidbits from the world of ballet, all woven into an engaging narrative for young readers, Pippa by Design is a fun-filled read perfect for fashionistas and dancers-to-be, from author Claudia Logan and illustrator Chesley McLaren.Pippa does not finish every activity she starts or get picked for everything―unlike her sister Verity. Pippa does, however, love to draw fashion designs in her special sketchbook, while she waits in the hallw... [Read More]
The Ballets Russes and the Art of Design
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The Ballets Russes was a phenomenon of the early twentieth century, permeating daily life wherever the company traveled and leaving a lasting impact on dance, theater, and the visual arts. Sergei Diaghilev, impresario from 1909 until his death in 1929, fused the most avant-garde, groundbreaking movements in dance, choreography, art, design, and costume into unique and stunning productions. The work was exciting, and always new, and it stretched the limits of the possible in art. The color, form,... [Read More]
The Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo: The Golden Age of Costume and Set Design
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40 designs representing 19 premieres of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, which toured from coast to coast, helping develop an enthusiastic new audience for ballet in America.
The Art of Ballets Russes: The Serge Lifar Collection of Theater Designs, Costumes, and Paintings at the Wadsworth Atheneum
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Designs for the Three-Cornered Hat (Le Tricorne)
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Book by Pablo Picasso
Ballets Russes: The Art of Costume
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The Ballets Russes has engaged people for 100 years, ever since Russian-born Sergei Diaghilev created this dynamic avant-garde company. Diaghilev brought together some of the most important visual artists of the 20th century--Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, AndrŽ Derain, Robert and Sonia Delaunay, Georges Braque, Giorgio de Chirico, Natalia Gonchorova and Mikhail Larionov, and more--who worked as costume and stage designers with composers such as Igor Stravinky, choreographers such as Michel Foki... [Read More]
Marcel Dzama: The Book of Ballet
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Marcel Dzama’s prolific output as a draftsman has, in recent years, expanded to include works in many different media—film, sculpture, dance, collage, and even a recent collaboration with artist Raymond Pettibon are all part of his current practice. His at times surreal, often frightening vision, translates beautifully to film and dance, where actors in complex costumes bring to life the worlds Dzama draws on paper. Published on the occasion of his collaborative ballet with choreographer Jus... [Read More]
Pippa by Design : A Story of Ballet and Costumes, Hardcover by Logan, Claudia...
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Fashion : The Definitive History of Costume and Style
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Tracing the evolution of fashion--from the early draped fabrics of ancient times to the catwalk couture of today--a stunning guide illustrates more than 3,000 years of shifting trends and innovative developments in the world of
Auguste Racinet. the Costume History
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Togas, turbans, tailcoats, and top hats: The evolution of style from antiquity to 1888 Originally published in France between 1876 and 1888, Auguste Racinet's Le Costume historique was the most wide-ranging and incisive study of clothing ever attempted. Covering the world history of costume, dress, and style from antiquity through to the end of the 19th century, the six volume work remains completely unique in its scope and detail.TASCHEN's complete reprint presents Racinet's exquisitely precise and colored illustrations, as well as his delightful descriptions and often witty comments. Spanning everything from ancient Etruscan attire to French women's couture, material is
Costume and Fashion : A Concise History
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From the momentous invention of the needle some 40,000 years ago to the development of blue denim, this classic guide covers the landmarks of costume history, the forms and materials used through the ages, as well as the ways in which clothes have been used to protect, to express identity, and to attract or influence others. For the fifth edition, Amy de la Haye, former Curator of Twentieth-Century Dress at the Victoria and Albert Museum, has revised the final chapter and included a new section addressing the fashion industry in the twenty-first century. She discusses the expansion of the Asian