Cashmere: Der Shawl in der Malerei des Biedermeier Unknown -

Residenzgalerie, 2000. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Cashmere: The Shawl in Biedermeier painting. Beauiful book With Engl. and Italian Translations and numerous illustrations. The color illustrated catalog contains a detailed contribution to the history and technology of the Cashmere Shawl as well as its role in the fashion of Biedermeier. Likewise, the meaning of accessories as a status symbol, as well as an important painterly means of composition in portrait painting is treated. Other contributions deal with Friedrich von Amerling, the portraitist of the highest Viennese society and finally the importance of early fashion magazines for the triumphal advance of the Cashmere Shawl. Among others the following artists are dealt with in the catalog: Friedrich von Amerling, Johann Nepomuk Ender, François Pascal Simon Gérard, Johann Peter Krafft, Leopold Kuppelwieser, Johann Baptist Reiter, Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller. This volume, with numerous illustrations, provides detailed information about… Leer más