Performance Costume in 18th-Century France

Name: Performance Costume in 18th-Century France
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing (AUS)
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Louis-Rene Boquet Between Tradition and Reform

By: Petra Zeller Dotlacilova

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Hardcover | 19 February 2026

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288 Pages

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24.4 x 19.0 x 2.2

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Petra Zeller Dotlacilova''s study examines the development of theatrical costumes in France during the long 18th century, including the abandonment of long-established traditions, the need to negotiate with the dictates of fashion, and the translation of new ideas into material practice.

Using Louis-Rene Boquet (1717-1814) - the leading costume designer of the French court and the Paris Opera - as its lens, the book traces the development of costume reform from an aesthetics of propriety, defined by strict conventions, to an aesthetics of truthfulness, more open to ideas and inspiration from the visual arts and from real life.

Full of rich primary source material in the form of newspaper articles, letters, plays, librettos, drawings and images of garments, and illustrated in full colour throughout, the author shows how playwrights, theatre managers, designers, tailors and performers all contributed to the changes in the design and conception of costume during the 18th century.

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