What is more ordinary than a pair of shoes? In a world where shoes have become objects of mass consumption, these accessories are now rid of any significance. The industry has accomplished its duty: producing a large quantity at a low price. But there was a time when the shoe symbolised the strength of the Roman legion, the power of the Medieval lords or the oppression of the Chinese woman. The history of the shoe is both vast and enthralling, as revealed by the author Marie-Josephe Bossan. Supporting her analysis with an outstanding iconography, the author gives these commonplace objects a universal quality that sheds light on the whole of civilisation and elevates them to the rank of works of art.
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Book by Bossan MarieJosephe
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- EditoreParkstone Pr
- Data di pubblicazione2004
- ISBN 10 1859958036
- ISBN 13 9781859958032
- RilegaturaCopertina rigida
- Numero di pagine272
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