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The Beauty of History
1968. Riga. News of the Prague Spring washes across Europe, causing ripples on either side of the Iron Curtain.A young Estonian woman has agreed to pose as a model for a famous sculptor, who is trying to evade military service and escape to the West.Although the model has only a vague awareness of politics - her interest in life is primarily poetic - the consequences of the politics of both past and present repeatedly make themselves felt.Chance remarks overheard prompt memories of people and places, language itself becomes fluid, by turns deceptive and reassuring.The Beauty of History is a novel of poetic intensity, of fleeting moods and captured moments.It is powerfully evocative of life within the Baltic States during the Soviet occupation, and of the challenge to artists to express their individuality whilst maintaining at least an outward show of loyalty to the dominant ideology.Written on the cusp of independence, as Estonia and Latvia sought to regain their sovereignty in 1991, this is a novel that can be seen as an historic document - wistful, unsettling, and beautiful...Viivi Luik is one of Estonia's most highly-acclaimed and well-known writers. The Beauty of History has been published in eleven languages.
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History Of International Fashion
First English translation of critically-acclaimed book opens the door to the fascinating universe of fashion.This book is not just a history of fashion from the early days of the creation of dressmaking fashion to the development of ready-to-wear manufacturing and the global enterprise it is today.Its ambition is to be the story of the creation, the evolution, and the implosion of the fashion related professions.With readable, highly-informative, and entertaining text—coupled with stunning photography—this book offers valuable insights into a profession which, unlike any other social body, is determined as much by its origins as by its economic context.Didier Grumbach walks you down the runways of fashion history and unfolds the secrets of the industry with stories and accounts from those who have played an active part in its development from the 1920s to the present. And he knows what he is talking about: he was born, grew up and made his mark in the circle that he opens for us here.For decades, he has collected archives, met with witnesses, interacted with the most influential players, and opened doors which are normally kept firmly shut.In his international bestseller, he finally offers us a 20th century illustrated history of fashion like no other—a saga, a family business, with noble fathers, prodigal sons, enthusiasms, passions, hatreds, strokes of genius and, of course, failures.The heroes are Dior, Saint Laurent, Kenzo, Sonia Rykiel, Prada, Hermès, and others.Their adventures are presented in an innovative chronological—and logical—order.From haute couture to the boom in ready-to-wear, the clothing industry, creators and designers, we witness the evolution in techniques, the shifting trends in the market, how an art matures and a culture changes.We also discover how the French ventured out of Paris to meet New York, London, Tokyo and Beijing.This book is a must for fashion lovers, professionals, and students who will find a thousand references never before presented.It will also enlighten the curious reader who wishes to go behind the scenes of this most seductive of theatres.
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Why Beauty Is Truth : A History of Symmetry
At the heart of relativity theory, quantum mechanics, string theory, and much of modern cosmology lies one concept: symmetry. In Why Beauty Is Truth , world-famous mathematician Ian Stewart narrates the history of the emergence of this remarkable area of study.Stewart introduces us to such characters as the Renaissance Italian genius, rogue, scholar, and gambler Girolamo Cardano, who stole the modern method of solving cubic equations and published it in the first important book on algebra, and the young revolutionary Evariste Galois, who refashioned the whole of mathematics and founded the field of group theory only to die in a pointless duel over a woman before his work was published.Stewart also explores the strange numerology of real mathematics, in which particular numbers have unique and unpredictable properties related to symmetry.He shows how Wilhelm Killing discovered Lie groups" with 14, 52, 78, 133, and 248 dimensions-groups whose very existence is a profound puzzle.Finally, Stewart describes the world beyond superstrings: the octonionic" symmetries that may explain the very existence of the universe.
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Our History, Their History, Whose History?
An overview of nationalism and its impact on the study of history from one of India’s most prominent historians. In this timely book, historian Romila Thapar delves into the complex world of nationalism and its impact on the interpretations of the past and on the discipline of history itself.History, she expounds, is no mere collection of information and chronology, and its purpose extends well beyond storytelling. Recognizing nationalism as a powerful force that gives rise to various narratives that provide ancestry to communities and shape the direction of societies, Thapar explores how, in India, two conflicting notions of nationalism have evolved and shaped the idea of the nation.Today, one such nationalistic theory claims the victimization of one religious community by another through centuries of “misrule.” Such a claim willfully ignores ample evidence to the contrary to suit a particular political and ideological purpose.Thapar counters such attempts at misrepresentation by citing several historical instances of the nuanced interface and intermingling of cultures, as well as by showing how today’s conflicts have their roots in the British colonial construction of India’s history.She also addresses the recent controversy surrounding the deletions of sections of Indian history textbooks published by NCERT, the Indian educational council, and suggests that the intention is more likely to be the promotion of a particular reading of history that conforms to the ideology of those in power. Engaging and thought-provoking, Our History, Their History, Whose History? invites readers to question the authenticity of historical narratives touted by one group of nationalists, and it explores the clash between professional historians who study the past to understand our inherited present and fabricators who wield history for political gain.
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Fashion History : A Global View
Fashion History: A Global View proposes a new perspective on fashion history.Arguing that fashion has occurred in cultures beyond the West throughout history, this groundbreaking book explores the geographic places and historical spaces that have been largely neglected by contemporary fashion studies, bringing them together for the first time. Reversing the dominant narrative that privileges Western Europe in the history of dress, Welters and Lillethun adopt a cross-cultural approach to explore a vast array of cultures around the globe.They explore key issues affecting fashion systems, ranging from innovation, production and consumption to identity formation and the effects of colonization.Case studies include the cross-cultural trade of silk textiles in Central Asia, the indigenous dress of the Americas and of Hawai'i, the cosmetics of the Tang Dynasty in China, and stylistic innovation in sub-Saharan Africa.Examining the new lessons that can be deciphered from archaeological findings and theoretical advancements, the book shows that fashion history should be understood as a global phenomenon, originating well before and beyond the fourteenth century European court, which is continually, and erroneously, cited as fashion's birthplace. Providing a fresh framework for fashion history scholarship, Fashion History: A Global View will inspire inclusive dress narratives for students and scholars of fashion, anthropology, and cultural studies.
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Irish Aran : History, Tradition, Fashion
Irish Aran knitting is a living tradition with a worldwide reach.Arans communicate warmth, comfort and a sense of home, which people the world over continue to respond to, even though the connection to our rocky outcroppings in the Atlantic Ocean may be long forgotten.Aran grew up in the harsh environment of the Aran Islands where everyday wear consisted of home-spun fabrics and knits.Today Aran survives as part of a rich craft heritage and as high and slow fashion on the catwalks of the world.Vawn Corrigan explores the history, mythology and growth of this iconic design in this beautiful and informative hardback book.
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The Amazing History of Fashion
How we dress today looks a lot different than it did in the past.From clothing as a status symbol to the invention of denim and rise of blue jeans, the history of fashion includes some unusual, amazing and fascinating facts.Learn more about how people throughout history have used fashion to survive and thrive in everyday life. The Amazing History of Fashion contains high-interest, low-reading-level text specially written to engage and support struggling and reluctant readers.
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Karl Lagerfeld : A Fashion History
Unlike other recent books about Lagerfeld, this account is based upon interviews with Karl himself and is further enriched with additional material from interviews and testimonies from colleagues, friends, relatives, and muses including the Princess of Hanover, Bernard and Helene Arnault, Silvia Fendi, Bruno Pavlovsky, Tom Ford, Alessandro Michele, Valentino, Carine Roitfeld, Naomi Campbell, Claudia Schiffer, Ines de La Fressange, Linda Evangelista, Tadao Ando, Fran Lebowitz, and others. Like a cat, Karl Lagerfeld had several lives he reinvented himself constantly over the course of his eighty-five years.He was many things: inspired creator, witty raconteur, media darling, highly cultured, eccentric in his manners, insatiable at work, asexual, a germophobe, ultra-sensitive but given to maintaining grudges.This account offers especially perceptive insights into Lagerfeld s relationship with Jacques de Bascher, his only true love, and how Yves Saint Laurent s later passion for de Bascher resulted in the infamous break in the longstanding friendship between the two couturiers.In comparison to other recent biographies, Marie Ottavi deftly gets at Lagerfeld s true inner nature.
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