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Condition
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ISBN
9780743453264
Book Title
Devil's Cloth : a History of Stripes
Publisher
Washington Square Press
Item Length
7.5 in
Publication Year
2003
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
0.6 in
Author
Michel Pastoureau
Genre
Design, History
Topic
Europe / France, Fashion & Accessories, General, Study & Teaching
Item Weight
4.2 Oz
Item Width
5.5 in
Number of Pages
144 Pages

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To stripe a surface serves to distinguish it, to point it out, to oppose it or associate it with another surface, and thus to classify it, to keep an eye on it, to verify it, even to censor it. Throughout the ages, the stripe has made its mark in mysterious ways. From prisoners' uniforms to tailored suits, a street sign to a set of sheets, Pablo Picasso to Saint Joseph, stripes have always made a bold statement. But the boundary that separates the good stripe from the bad is often blurred. Why, for instance, were stripes associated with the devil during the Middle Ages? How did stripes come to symbolize freedom and unity after the American and French revolutions? When did the stripe become a standard in men's fashion? "In the stripe," writes author Michel Pastoureau, "there is something that resists enclosure within systems." So before putting on that necktie or waving your country's flag, look to The Devil's Cloth for a colorful history of the stripe in all its variety, controversy, and connotation.

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Publisher
Washington Square Press
ISBN-10
0743453263
ISBN-13
9780743453264
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2207932

Product Key Features

Book Title
Devil's Cloth : a History of Stripes
Number of Pages
144 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2003
Topic
Europe / France, Fashion & Accessories, General, Study & Teaching
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Design, History
Author
Michel Pastoureau
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
4.2 Oz
Item Length
7.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in

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Trade
Reviews
The New York TimesReading about the epic implications of stripes...you feel like a child gleefully taking apart a toy, examining its small components one by one, then putting it back together., The New York Times Reading about the epic implications of stripes...you feel like a child gleefully taking apart a toy, examining its small components one by one, then putting it back together., The New York Times Book ReviewImaginative...this playful but learned book will doubtless have an influence., The New York Times Book Review Imaginative...this playful but learned book will doubtless have an influence.
Table of Content
Contents List of Illustrations Preface to the American Edition Order and Disorder of the Stripe The Devil And His Striped Clothes (13th­16th centuries) The Carmel Scandal Striped Fabric, Bad Fabric Saint Joseph¹s Breeches Plain, Striped, Patterned, Spotted The Figure and the Background: Heraldry and the Stripe From The Horizontal To The Vertical And Back (16th­19th centuries) From the Diabolic to the Domestic From the Domestic to the Romantic The Revolutionary Stripe To Stripe and to Punish Stripes For The Present Time (19th­20th centuries) Hygiene of the Stripe A World in Navy Blue and White Oddball Zebras Striped Surface, Dangerous Surface From the Trace to the Mark Bibliographic Orientation About the Author Notes Index Copyright © 2001 by Columbia University Press.
Copyright Date
2003

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