Ingres in Fashion: Representations of Dress and Appearance in Ingres`s Images of Women

by Aileen Ribeiro

For more than half of the nineteenth century, French artist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres depicted in meticulous detail the rapidly changing appearance of the fashionable woman. This book, with over 150 illustrations, explores for the first time the ways in which clothing, accessories, and fabric defined and displayed women in Ingres`s portraits, including the grandes dames of elite society and the newly opulent bourgeoisie.

Genres: Fashion, Art, Nonfiction, Art History, Fashion History

268 pages, Hardcover

First published March 11, 1999

Reviews

[Rebecca Huston · Rating 5 out of 5]

Clothing junkies and art fiends will have a field day with this book -- gorgeous, gorgeous reproductions of paintings and drawings by one of the 19th century's masters.