{"title":"Books by Ingrid E. Mida","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9781350087774","title":"The Dress Detective","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Dress Detective\u003c\/i\u003e is the first practical guide to analyzing fashion objects, clearly demonstrating how their close analysis can enhance and enrich interdisciplinary research. This accessible book provides readers with the tools to uncover the hidden stories in garments, setting out a carefully developed research methodology specific to dress, and providing easy-to-use checklists that guide the reader through the process.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeautifully illustrated, the book contains seven case studies of fashionable Western garments – ranging from an 1820s coat to a 2004 Kenzo jacket – that articulate the methodological framework for the process, illustrate the use of the checklists, and show how evidence from the garment itself can be used to corroborate theories of dress or fashion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book outlines a skillset that has, until now, typically been passed on informally. Written in plain language, it will give any budding fashion historian, curator, or researcher the knowledge and confidence to analyze the material in front of them effectively.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56297657074037,"sku":"9781350087774","price":31.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781350087774_f2963998-31ac-4274-9429-0eb717fd9e51.jpg?v=1786018169"},{"product_id":"9781350032705","title":"Reading Fashion in Art","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the CSA Millia Davenport Publication Award, 2021\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eListed as one of The Five Most Essential Books about Art and Fashion, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eArtNews, 2023\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDress and fashion are central to our understanding of art. From the stylization of the body to subtle textile embellishments and richly symbolic colors, dress tells a story and provides clues as to the cultural beliefs of the time in which artworks were produced. This concise and accessible book provides a step-by-step guide to analysing dress in art, including paintings, photographs, drawings and art installations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The first section of the book includes an introduction to visual analysis and explains how to ‘read’ fashion and dress in an artwork using the checklists. The second section offers case studies which demonstrate how artworks can be analysed from the point of view of key themes including status and identity, modernity, ideals of beauty, gender, race, globalization and politics. The book includes iconic as well as lesser known works of art, including work by Elisabeth Vigée le Brun, Thomas Gainsborough, James Jacques Tissot, Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray, Yinka Shonibare, Mickalene Thomas, Kent Monkman and many others. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eReading Fashion in Art\u003c\/i\u003e is the perfect text for students of fashion coming to art history for the first time as well as art history students studying dress in art and will be an essential handbook for any gallery visitor. The step-by-step methodology helps the reader learn to look at any work of art that includes the dressed or undressed body and confidently develop a critical analysis of what they see.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56312210915701,"sku":"9781350032705","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781350032705_068c983a-24ac-4fa1-a79d-d8c87047b38c.jpg?v=1786018032"},{"product_id":"9781350517318","title":"The New Dress Detective","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Dress Detective \u003c\/i\u003eupdates and expands this highly regarded practical guide to analysing fashion objects.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeaturing seven completely new case studies – including an 18th-century gown,  a man’s 19th-century tailored jacket and pantaloons, a 19th-century boy's frock, a woman’s Edo period \u003ci\u003euchikake\u003c\/i\u003e, a 1927 homemade wedding dress, a Dior dress ensemble, and a mass-manufactured uniform of the 1970s – this invaluable guide has been revised throughout, to enhance its usefulness for readers and to reflect the state of the field. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Dress Detective\u003c\/i\u003e offers tools to unravel the hidden stories in garments with a carefully developed research methodology specific to dress, with easy-to-use checklists to guide the reader through the process. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeautifully illustrated, the varied case studies of fashionable western and non-western garments articulate the methodological framework for the process, illustrate the use of the checklists, and show how evidence from the garment itself can be used to corroborate theories of dress or to engage in alternative modes of interpretation such as making, wearing or other creative outputs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten in plain language, this book provides a structured approach to conducting object-based research in fashion for anyone interested in fashion including students and practitioners of fashion or museum studies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56368706617717,"sku":"9781350517318","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781350517318_66a23235-b242-46e8-bed0-685a8675b418.jpg?v=1786018372"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-ingrid-e-mida.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}