FABRIC OF VISION

Clothing appears in all forms of figurative painting, often taking up two thirds of a frame/ yet it can often go unnoticed. Far more than a simple means of identifying the status or occupation of a figure, clothes and cloth are used creatively by artists to hint a t ambiguities in character, adjust the emotional temperature, direct the eye or make subtle allusions.Drawing on works by artists ov er a period of six centuries, from Giotto to El Greco, Matisse to Cindy Sherman, the author reveals through paintings, fashion plate s, photo...[Read more]