The Devil's Cloth: A History of Stripes and Striped Fabric Hardback - 2001
by Michel Pastoureau; Jody Gladding (Translator)
What do prostitutes, referees, and Renaissance clowns have in common? They all wear stripes, and "The Devil's Cloth" tells readers why. 14 halftones.
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The Devil's Cloth begins with a medieval scandal. When the first Carmelites arrived in France from the Holy Land, the religious order required its members to wear striped habits, prompting turmoil and denunciations in the West that lasted fifty years until the order was forced to accept a quiet, solid color. The medieval eye found any surface in which a background could not be distinguished from a foreground disturbing. Thus striped clothing was relegated to those on the margins or outside the social order -- jugglers and prostitutes, for example -- and in medieval paintings the devil himself is often depicted wearing stripes. The West has long continued to dress its slaves and servants, its crew members and convicts in stripes.
But in the last two centuries, stripes have also taken on new, positive meanings, connoting freedom, youth, playfulness, and pleasure. Witness the revolutionary stripes on the French and United States flags. In a wide-ranging discussion that touches on zebras, gangsters, awnings, and pajamas, augmented by illustrative plates, the author shows us how stripes have become chic, and even, in the case of bankers' pinstripes, a symbol of taste and status.
Michel Pastoureau's lively study of stripes offers a unique and engaging perspective on the evolution of fashion, taste, and visual codes in Western culture.
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- Title The Devil's Cloth: A History of Stripes and Striped Fabric
- Author Michel Pastoureau; Jody Gladding (Translator)
- Binding Hardback
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 160
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Columbia University Press, New York
- Publication date 2001-07-17
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
- ISBN 9780231123662 / 0231123663
- Weight 0.59 lbs (0.27 kg)
- Dimensions 7.36 x 5.8 x 0.67 in (18.69 x 14.73 x 1.70 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Medieval (500-1453) Studies
- Chronological Period: Modern
- Category History - General History
- Library of Congress subjects Clothing and dress - History, Clothing and dress in art - History
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 00065831
- Dewey Decimal Code 391.009
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- Booklist, 06/01/2001, Page 1806
- Library Journal, 11/15/2001, Page 65
- New York Times, 07/22/2001, Page 30
- Reference and Research Bk News, 11/01/2001, Page 64
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