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Veiled Presence

Hardcover • 2018 • 1. edition

Veiled Presence

By Paul Hills

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About the book

This wide-ranging book elucidates the symbolism of veils and highlights the power of drapery in Italian art from Giotto to Titian. In the cities of the Renaissance, display of luxury dress was a marker of status. Florentines decked out their palaces and streets with textiles for public rituals. But cloths are also the stuff of fantasy: throughout the book, the author moves from the material to the metaphorical. Curtains and veils, swaddling and shrouds, evoke associations with birth and death. T...Show more

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ISBN

9780300236750

Publisher

Yale University Press

Published year

2018

Language

Edition

1

Original title

Veiled Presence

Format

Hardcover

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