"Originally published by the Kyoto Costume Institute." Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, in celebration of the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution and the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Kyoto Costume Institute. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction / Koichi Tsukamoto -- Rococo and neoclassicism / Jean Starobinski -- Architecture of eighteenth-century Paris / Philippe Duboy -- Rococo and neoclassical clothing / Akiko Fukai -- One more desire : fashion leaders of a dramatic era / Jun I. Kanai -- From the age of refinement to the world of the tempest / Toshio Horii -- The cut and construction of women's clothes in the eighteenth century / Janet Arnold -- Brilliant adornments / Martin Kamer.
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