Length7h 31m
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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 31 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 15, 2015
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Introduction The Shoe: Object of Civilization and Object of Art
3From Antiquity up to our days (pt. 1)
4From Antiquity up to our days (pt. 2)
5Shoes from Around the World
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6Shoes Worn by Celebrities
7The Stories Shoes Tell
8The Shoe in Literature
9The Shoe and Art
10Appendix
11Note of Thanks
12The Art of the Shoe
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