Fashion Writing and Criticism provides students with the tools to critique fashion with skill and style. Explaining the history and theory of criticism, this innovative text demonstrates how the tradition of criticism has developed and how this knowledge can be applied to fashion, enabling students to acquire the methods and proper vocabulary to be active critics themselves. Integrating history and theory, this innovative book explains the development of fashion writing, the theoretical basis on which it sits, and how it might be improved and applied. Through concise snapshot case studies, top international scholars McNeil and Miller analyse fashion excerpts in relation to philosophical ideas and situate them within historical contexts. Case studies include classic examples of fashion writing, such as Diana Vreeland at Harper's Bazaar and Richard Martin on Karl Lagerfeld, as well as contemporary examples such as Suzy Menkes and the blogger Tavi.Accessibly written, Fashion Writing and Criticism enables readers to understand, assess and make value judgments about the fascinating and changeable field of fashion. It is an invaluable text for students and researchers alike, studying fashion, journalism, history and media studies.

An examination of the work of one of the twentieth century's most important sculptors presents forty of his most essential works, complete with photographs of his studio and essays that dissect the importance and influence of his craft.

Product Description: The fourth artist in residence at the National Gallery, London, Ana Maria Pacheco grew up in Brazil, surrounded by a culture richly influenced both by the Catholic religion and by the rituals of the indigenous population. She was also aware of the modernist architecture that was introduced to Brazil from Europe in the 1930s, which stood in stark contrast to the colourful amalgam of processions, ceremonies and church art...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This is a detailed thematical study of the life and work of Constantin Brancusi, one of the century's most important sculptors. Miller draws on a wealth of recent scholarship, as well as her own Romanian background, to make a genuine and long overdue contribution to Brancusi studies...read more