Synopses & Reviews
andlt;Bandgt;andlt;Iandgt;To stripe a surface serves to distinguish it, to point it out, to oppose it or associate it with another surface, and thus to classify it, to keep an eye on it, to verify it, even to censor it.andlt;/Iandgt;andlt;/Bandgt; andlt;BRandgt; Throughout the ages, the stripe has made its mark in mysterious ways. From prisoners' uniforms to tailored suits, a street sign to a set of sheets, Pablo Picasso to Saint Joseph, stripes have always made a bold statement. But the boundary that separates the good stripe from the bad is often blurred. Why, for instance, were stripes associated with the devil during the Middle Ages? How did stripes come to symbolize freedom and unity after the American and French revolutions? When did the stripe become a standard in men's fashion? "In the stripe," writes author Michel Pastoureau, "there is something that resists enclosure within systems." So before putting on that necktie or waving your country's flag, look to andlt;Iandgt;The Devil's Clothandlt;/Iandgt; for a colorful history of the stripe in all its variety, controversy, and connotation.
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andlt;Iandgt;The New York Timesandlt;/Iandgt; Reading about the epic implications of stripes...you feel like a child gleefully taking apart a toy, examining its small components one by one, then putting it back together.
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andlt;Iandgt;Esquireandlt;/Iandgt; An oddball and charming little biography of a very devious pattern.
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andlt;Iandgt;The New York Times Book Reviewandlt;/Iandgt; Imaginative...this playful but learned book will doubtless have an influence.
Synopsis
To stripe a surface serves to distinguish it, to point it out, to oppose it or associate it with another surface, and thus to classify it, to keep an eye on it, to verify it, even to censor it.
Throughout the ages, the stripe has made its mark in mysterious ways. From prisoners' uniforms to tailored suits, a street sign to a set of sheets, Pablo Picasso to Saint Joseph, stripes have always made a bold statement. But the boundary that separates the good stripe from the bad is often blurred. Why, for instance, were stripes associated with the devil during the Middle Ages? How did stripes come to symbolize freedom and unity after the American and French revolutions? When did the stripe become a standard in men's fashion? "In the stripe," writes author Michel Pastoureau, "there is something that resists enclosure within systems." So before putting on that necktie or waving your country's flag, look to The Devil's Cloth for a colorful history of the stripe in all its variety, controversy, and connotation.
Table of Contents
andlt;Bandgt;Contentsandlt;/Bandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;List of Illustrationsand#160;and#160;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Preface to the American Editionand#160;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Order and Disorder of the Stripeand#160;and#160;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Bandgt;The Devil And His Striped Clothesandlt;/Bandgt;and#160;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;(13thand#173;16th centuries)andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;The Carmel Scandaland#160;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Striped Fabric, Bad Fabricand#160;and#160;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Saint Josephand#185;s Breechesand#160;and#160;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Plain, Striped, Patterned, Spottedand#160;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;The Figure and the Background: Heraldry and the Stripeand#160;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Bandgt;From The Horizontal To The Vertical And Backand#160;andlt;/Bandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;(16thand#173;19th centuries)andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;From the Diabolic to the Domesticand#160;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;From the Domestic to the Romanticand#160;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;The Revolutionary Stripeand#160;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;To Stripe and to Punishand#160;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Bandgt;Stripes For The Present Timeandlt;/Bandgt;and#160;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;(19thand#173;20th centuries)andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Hygiene of the Stripeand#160;and#160;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;A World in Navy Blue and Whiteand#160;and#160;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Oddball Zebrasand#160;and#160;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Striped Surface, Dangerous Surfaceand#160;and#160;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;From the Trace to the Markand#160;and#160;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Bibliographic Orientationand#160;and#160;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;About the Authorand#160;and#160;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Notesand#160;and#160;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Indexandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Copyright andamp;copy; 2001 by Columbia University Press.