High Glamour: Magical Clothing and Talismanic Fashion
The iconography and visuals associated with magic are highly evocative and responsible for a major part of its appeal. The strong, often iconoclastic imagery exerts a particularly powerful draw for the artist or craftsperson because of its ability to fire the imagination, and to inspire creative wor...
Publicado no: | The pomegranate |
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Outros títulos: | Special Issue: Paganism, art, and fashion |
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Tipo de documento: | Recurso Electrónico Artigo |
Idioma: | Inglês |
Verificar disponibilidade: | HBZ Gateway |
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Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
Publicado em: |
Equinox Publ.
[2020]
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Em: |
The pomegranate
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(Cadeias de) Palavra- chave padrão: | B
Roupa
/ Moda
/ Magia
/ Símbolo gráfico
/ Neopaganismo
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Classificações IxTheo: | AD Sociologia da religião AG Vida religiosa AZ Nova religião |
Outras palavras-chave: | B
couture
B Fashion B Tarô B Aesthetics B Contemporary Paganism |
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Resumo: | The iconography and visuals associated with magic are highly evocative and responsible for a major part of its appeal. The strong, often iconoclastic imagery exerts a particularly powerful draw for the artist or craftsperson because of its ability to fire the imagination, and to inspire creative work in response. Until recent times, creative interpretations of magic within mainstream fashion have mainly been on a subtle and subversive level; generally within a counter cultural context. So why is magical symbolism being appropriated within high fashion at this particular point in time? |
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ISSN: | 1743-1735 |
Obras secundárias: | Enthalten in: The pomegranate
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/pome.41521 |