Output details
34 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
University of Leeds : B - Design
Chapter title
Authenticity
Type
C - Chapter in book
DOI
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Publisher of book
Berg
Book title
Fashion and Art
ISBN of book
9781847887832
Year of publication
2012
URL
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Number of additional authors
0
Additional information
This paper analyses the relationship between fashion and art using the concept of authenticity. Noting that while art, as a non-utilitarian practice, has been distinguished from fashion, elite fashion shares features of creativity and skill with old masters’ paintings, for example. The article then develops two key qualities that are absent from the debate. The first is ‘the promise of fantasy’, the second is ‘the fear of mortality/perishability’. The article provides an original analysis of the role of style in guarding the cultural meaning of art categories, and of the traditional standard of quality with its history in court society.
Interdisciplinary
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Cross-referral requested
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Research group
None
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
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Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
No
English abstract
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