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Shoes: Pleasure & Pain
Helen Persson
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Description for Shoes: Pleasure & Pain
Hardcover. Beautiful, sculptural objects, shoes are powerful indicators of gender, status, identity, taste, and even sexual preference. Featuring extensive new photography, this is a beautiful and authoritative guide to the history and culture of footwear.Iconic creations by celebrated designers sit alongside masterpieces by unknown craftsmen in this book. Num Pages: 176 pages, 180 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AKTH; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 225 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1102.
Beautiful, sculptural objects, shoes are powerful indicators of gender, status, identity, taste, and even sexual preference. Our choice in shoes can be aspirational, even fantastical - and projects an image not just of who we are, but who we want to be. Feet are made for walking, but shoes may not be. Featuring extensive new photography, this is a beautiful and authoritative guide to the history and culture of footwear. Iconic creations by celebrated designers sit alongside masterpieces by unknown craftsmen in this book. Embracing both men's and women's footwear, from the Chinese lotus shoe to laser-printed ... Read more
Beautiful, sculptural objects, shoes are powerful indicators of gender, status, identity, taste, and even sexual preference. Our choice in shoes can be aspirational, even fantastical - and projects an image not just of who we are, but who we want to be. Feet are made for walking, but shoes may not be. Featuring extensive new photography, this is a beautiful and authoritative guide to the history and culture of footwear. Iconic creations by celebrated designers sit alongside masterpieces by unknown craftsmen in this book. Embracing both men's and women's footwear, from the Chinese lotus shoe to laser-printed ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Victoria & Albert Museum
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781851778324
SKU
V9781851778324
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Helen Persson
Helen Persson is Curator of Chinese Textiles and Dress in the V&A's Asia Department.
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