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Author Bossan, Marie-Josèphe, author

Title The art of the shoe / Marie-Josèphe Bossan
Published New York, USA : Parkstone Press Ltd, [2012]

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Description 1 online resource (272 pages) : color illustrations
Series Temporis
Temporis collection.
Contents Introduction; The Shoe: Object of Civilization and Object of Art; From Antiquity up to our days; Prehistory; Antiquity; The Shoe in Ancient Eastern Civilizations; Ancient Egypt; The Bible: The Shoe in the Old Testament; The Shoe in the New Testament:; The Sandals of Jesus; Antiquity -- The Copts; Greece; The Etruscans; Rome; The Gallo-Romans; The Byzantine empire; The Middle Ages; The Legend of Saint Crispin and Saint Crispinian; The Renaissance; 17th century; 18th century; 19th century; Shoes and Poverty; From shoemaker to head of a company; The Shoe in the 20th century
Shoemakers of Yesterday and TodayHellstern; Pierre Yantorny; The Most Expensive Shoes in the World; André Perugia, ; Last of the Great Renaissance Artists, First of the Moderns; Ferragamo; Alfred Argence; Julienne, Female Shoemaker; La Maison Massaro; A Shoemaking Dynasty; Sarkis Der Balian; The Immortal Shoemaker; Berluti; Three Generations of Artists; Roger Vivier; Couturier of the Shoe; François Villon (1911-1997); Andrea Pfister; Happy Feet; The rise of the Shoe Industry Romans is the city of fine shoes; The two great names of the 20th century:; Joseph Fenestrier; Robert Clergerie
Charles JourdanFrom a workshop on Côte Macel (Butchers' Hill) in Romans to the Empire State Building in New York; John Lobb; Weston; Babybotte Baby Booties; Pompeï, Shoemaker for the Stage and Screen; The Pompeï workshop was a family affair; Le Salon Midec; International Footwear Fashions; The C.I.D.I.C. Grant; Shoes from Around the World; The Ottoman Empire; Persia; India; China; North America; Shoes Worn by Celebrities; Shoe of Henry II de Montmorency; Madame de Pompadour's Shoes; Or the triumph of the heel under Louis XV; The Shoe of Marie-Antoinette; Shoes of Saint-Jean-Marie Vianney
Parish Priest of ArsGoethe's Slippers; Sissi's Shoes; Shoes of the Countess of Castiglione; (Florence 1837-Paris 1899); Shoes Worn by Louis Pasteur; Ankle Boots of La Belle Otéro, ; a Belle Epoque Beauty; Boots Worn by Opera Singer Ninon Vallin; Once upon a time, there was a voice: "Mârouf, the Shoemaker of Cairo"; Shoes Worn by Maurice Chevalier; "The Symphony of the Wooden Soles"; Shoes Worn by Charles Trenet; "Y a d'la joi!" ("Life is good!"); Studio Shoes Worn by César (1921-1998); Donated to the International Shoe Museum, Romans, by the artist.; Shoes Worn by Jacques-Henri Lartigue
Painter and photographer (1894-1986)Mouna Ayoub:; The journey of a Haute Couture collector; Shoes Worn by Paul Bocuse and Pierre Troisgros; The Stories Shoes Tell; Theresa's Doll Shoes; The Well-Digger's Boots; Zoya's Shoes; Mathilde's Ankle Boots; Toine's clogs; The Shoe in Literature; The Papyrus of Herodas Mimes; Mainard -- La Bruyère -- La Fontaine; Restif de La Bretonne; Chateaubriand, Atala; "The Mocassins of Chactas"; Gustave Flaubert, Salammbo; Emile Zola, Au bonheur des dames; (Ladies' Delight); Gérard de Nerval, Sylvie Alain Fournier, Le Grand Meaulnes; (The Wanderer)
Summary Abandoning a French look on the subject, Mrs. Bossan, the author, develops her study with a dichotomous vision: that of time that touches the history of mankind and that of geography and sociology, which lead to an almost ethnographic analysis. The author dissects the shoe and all that surrounds it: from its history to painting and literature. After this book, it will be difficult to publish a book with a more complete treatment of the subject. Illustrated with an iconography that is exceptional both for its aestheticism and the pieces chosen, this book is a reference for historians, sociologi
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-268)
Notes Description based on online resource, PDF version (viewed on August 28, 2023)
Subject Shoes -- History
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Beauty & Grooming.
Shoes
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2023300476
ISBN 9781780429588
1780429584
128395401X
9781283954013