This interdisciplinary study examines painted portraiture as a defining metaphor of elite self-representation in early modern culture.
An edition combining all seven books in John Peacock's "Fashion Sourcebooks" series, which charts in meticulous drawings the development of women's and men's clothing in the 20th century. It will be useful for the library of fashion students, historians and collectors.
Based on a study of Van Dyck's "Self-portrait with a Sunflower", this book examines the picture's context in the symbolic discourses of the period and in the artist's oeuvre. The portrait is interpreted as a programmatic statement of his view of the art of painting.