{"product_id":"9781350293373","title":"The Modern Venus: Dress, Underwear and Accessories in the late 18th-Century Atlantic World","description":"Author: Gernerd, Elisabeth\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781350293373\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 11 Jan 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 288 Format: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom rumps and stays to muffs and handkerchiefs, underwear and accessories were critical components of the 18th-century woman's wardrobe. They not only created her shape, but expressed her character, sociability, fashionability, and even political allegiances. These so-called ephemeral flights of fashion were not peripheral and supplementary, but highly charged artefacts, acting as cultural currency in contemporary society.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Modern Venus\u003c\/i\u003e highlights the significance of these elements of a woman's wardrobe in 1770s and 1780s Britain and the Atlantic World, and shows how they played their part in transforming fashionable dress when this was expanding to new heights and volumes. Dissecting the female silhouette into regions of the body and types of dress and shifting away from a broad-sweeping stylistic evolution, this book explores these potent players within the woman's armoury. Marrying material, archival and visual approaches to dress history, and drawing on a rich range of sources     including painted portraiture, satirical prints, diaries, memoirs     \u003ci\u003eThe Modern Venus \u003c\/i\u003eunpacks dress as a medium and mediator in women's lives. It demonstrates the importance of these overlooked garments in defining not just a woman's silhouette, but also her social and cultural situation, and thereby shapes our understanding of late 18th-century life.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWith over 125 color images, \u003ci\u003eThe Modern Venus\u003c\/i\u003e is a remarkable resource for scholars, students and costume lovers alike.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46631874920606,"sku":"UBD-9781350293373","price":59.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781350293373.jpg?v=1774310833","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781350293373","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}