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Fabric of vision. (Report from Europe).('Fabric of Vision: Dress and Drapery in Painting' exhibit)(Brief Article)
It may seem obvious, but when the human figure is portrayed in art, it is either clothed or naked. In either case, many meanings and emotions can be conveyed. Paintings of the Virgin Mary, for example, universally depict her in attire that covers her entire body representing her modesty and purity. Aristocrats who wished to ensure their immortality in portraits were careful to be shown in their grandest clothing.
An exhibition that looks at clothing or the lack of it in Western painting from the fifteenth century to the twentieth is on view at the National Gallery in London ...
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