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The Art of the Shoe
What is more common than a pair of shoes? In a world where shoes have become an object of mass consumption, these accessories are now rid of any significance. The industry has accomplished its duty: producing a large quantity at a low price. But there was a time when the shoe symbolised the strength of the Roman legion, the power of the Medieval lords or the oppression of the Chinese woman. Its history is both vast and enthralling, as revealed by the author Marie-Josèphe Bossan. Supporting her analysis with an outstanding iconography, the author gives these commonplace objects a universal quality that sheds light on the whole of civilisation and elevates them to the rank of a work of art.
El arte del Zapato
¿Qué podría resultarnos más cotidiano que un par de zapatos? Hoy en día, se han transformado en un objeto de consumo masivo y aparecen despojados de todo significado. Sin embargo, estos accesorios funcionan como relatos y cuentan verdaderas historias de quienes los llevan. Antiguamente, no todos podían llevar zapatos, y quienes lo hacían, escogían sus modelos de acuerdo a su posición y situación. A lo largo de la historia, significaron la fuerza de la legión romana, el poder de la aristocracia en la Edad Media, la opresión de las mujeres chinas, la seducción de las estrellas del cine y el objeto fetiche por excelencia de muchos artistas y escritores. Marie-Josèphe Bossan explora en este libro la singular evolución de estos objetos… que se han ido cargando de simbolismo. La autora acompaña el análisis con destacadas fotografías y les otorga esa cualidad universal que ilumina la historia y al mismo tiempo los eleva a la categoría de obra de arte.
Art of Shoes
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L’Art de la chaussure
Qu’y-a-t-il de plus banal qu’une paire de chaussures ? Pourtant, aujourd’hui encore, la moitié de l’humanité n’en connaît pas l’usage. Dans un monde où la chaussure est devenue un objet de consommation, comment oublier que nos arrière-grands-parents l’utilisaient pour les cérémonies et autres occasions exceptionnelles. L’industrie a accompli son devoir : produire en grande quantité à des prix plus abordables. Mais il fut un temps où la chaussure symbolisait la force des légions romaines, la puissance des seigneurs du Moyen Âge européen ou encore l’oppression des femmes chinoises. C’est une histoire longue et passionnante que l’auteur Marie-Josèphe Bossan, conservateur du Musée International de la Chaussure de Romans, conte avec rigueur et talent. Appuyant son analyse sur une iconographie choisie avec méthode, l’auteur donne à ces objets de tous les jours, des lettres de noblesse qui nous interpellent sur les modes et les valeurs de nos civilisations.
La Divine Comtesse
Issued in conjuction with the exhibition of the same title held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 18 Sept. - 31 Dec. 2000.
The Totally Gross History of Ancient China
A unique overview of the fashion and dress, diet, hygiene, medicine, and other cultural aspects of the ancient Chinese. This entertaining yet informative book details practices that may seem peculiar to today’s students, while respectfully contextualizing another culture and time, especially one as ancient, rich, and foundational as that of ancient China. Readers are drawn in by the sometimes distasteful details—the fun “gross-out” factor—but also gain an appreciation of the inventiveness, sophistication, and practicality of the ancient Chinese. Overall, this title is a lively exploration of the scientific and cultural practices of a pre-modern civilization.
The Age of Napoleon
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Méliès Boots
Before he became an influential cinematic innovator, Georges Méliès (1861–1938) was a maker of deluxe French footwear, an illusionist, and a caricaturist. Proceeding from these beginnings, Méliès Boots traces how the full trajectory of Georges Méliès’ career during the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, along with the larger cultural and historical contexts in which Méliès operated, shaped his cinematic oeuvre. Solomon examines Méliès’ unpublished drawings and published caricatures, the role of laughter in his magic theater productions, and the constituent elements of what Méliès called "the new profession of the cinéaste." The book also reveals Méliès' connections to the Incohérents, a group of ephemeral artists from the 1880s, demonstrating the group’s relevance for Méliès, early cinema, and modernity. By positioning Méliès in relation to the material culture of his time, Solomon demonstrates that Méliès’ work was expressive of a distinctly modern, and modernist, sensibility that appeared in France during the 1880s in the wake of the Second Industrial Revolution.
Footnotes
Scholars of literature and culture from the US and Britain investigate why western culture has acquired a fascination with footwear. They explore the representation of shoes in popular entertainment, advertising, fashion, museums, and scholarly accounts. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR
A Foot in the Past
During the Enlightenment, in a society that was increasingly urbanised and mobile, footwear was an essential item of apparel. This book considers not only the practical but also the symbolic meaning of footwear in France and England during the period from the end of the seventeenth to the mid nineteenth century.
