Length7h 28m
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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, sociologists and for the fashion victims and designers…
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Length7 hrs 28 mins
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Table of contents
1Introduction
7The Stories Shoes Tell
2Introduction The Shoe: Object of Civilization and Object of Art
8The Shoe in Literature
3From Antiquity up to our days (pt. 1)
9The Shoe and Art
4From Antiquity up to our days (pt. 2)
10Appendix
5Shoes from Around the World
11Note of Thanks
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6Shoes Worn by Celebrities
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