"Comment m'habillerai-je ?": Se vêtir sous la Révolution française (1789-1804). Histoire Giacomo Wannenes comprehensively addresses styles

Giacomo Wannenes comprehensively addresses styles and periods that are both so close and so distant

From the Cynics to Aristotle

philosopher

Artists as well as craftsmen

"Comment m'habillerai-je ?": Se vêtir sous la Révolution française (1789-1804). Histoire Giacomo Wannenes comprehensively addresses stylesFrench society at the end of the 18th century was marked by a culture of appearances. The Revolution marked a shift in the way people dressed. This exhibition catalog explores clothing as a social marker through a study of the iconography of the period. The evolution of female silhouettes, the use of fabrics, and the political message conveyed by clothing are all explored.