+1 862 207 3288 Essay question:
“Discuss 18th century dress for women in France”
Learning Outcomes:
LO1. Select and apply the relevant research methods to analyse the meaning of a work of art or dress in their cultural context.
LO2. Discuss the findings of an individual research in a coherent and relevant written form.
LO4. Develop skills in structuring your ideas and meeting deadlines.
Reading List for essay
Publications:
Arnold, J., 2008, Patterns of Fashion: Cut and Construction of clothes, London: Macmillan.
Boucher, F., 1996, A History of Costume in the West, London: Thames and Hudson.
Hart, A., and North, S., (1998), Historical Fashion in detail: 17th and 18th centuries, London: V&A Publications.
Koda, H., and Bolton, A., 2006, Dangerous Liaisons: Fashion
and Furniture in the 18th century, New Haven: Yale University.
Kyoto Fashion Institute (2007), Fashion: A History from the 18th
to the 20th Century. Cologne: Taschen. Ribeiro, A., (2011), Facing Beauty: Painted Women and Cosmetic Art, Yale University Press.
Ribeiro, A., (1983), A Visual History of Costume: 18th century, London: Drama Publication.
Ribeiro, A., (2002), Dress in 18th century Europe: 1715-1789, Yale University Press.
Rothstein, N., (1999), Four Hundred Years of Fashion, London: V&A Publications.
Steele, V., 2010, The Berg Companion to Fashion, Oxford, New York: Berg
Welters, L., and Lillethun, A. 2011, The Fashion Reader, 2nd edition, New York/Oxford: Berg publisher
Websites:
V&A, NPG, British Museum, Metropolitan, LACMA, KCI, Galliera, Arts Décoratifs, RMN…
