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A knees-up at the county fair. A duo of dancing ogres. A celebratory circle dance at Londons Piccadilly Circus. All of these lively scenarios feature in this enchanting survey of dance illustration throughout the centuries. But what can these vibrantand often irreverentimages reveal to us about the history of dance and our changing attitudes toward it over time? Drawing on a range of materials from the Bodleian Library, including manuscripts, visual art, dance cards, and invitations to balls, A Dance Through Time explores the imaginative ways in which artists and illustrators have responded to the challenge of creating a sense of movement. Social dancing reveals a dynamic tension between decorum and disregard, and for centuries artists have conveyed this in a highly stylized manner that makes use of curved forms to mimic gracious gestures and angular lines to represent those deemed showy or uncouth. Here, each illustration is carefully analyzed for what it shows us about the behavioral expectations of the time. Lavishly illustrated, this book takes readers on a captivating journey through the changing fashions in European dancefrom the waltz to the cha cha to the unbridled energy o

Author

Barlow, Jeremy, 1939-

Publisher

Bodleian Library, University of Oxford

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9781851242993

Subjects

Art, Arts