Roger Calvert
Biographic Data
| ID | 2774971 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Roger Calvert |
| GIVEN NAMES | Roger |
| FAMILY NAME | Calvert |
| SIGNATURE | CALVERT R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Glasgow School of Art |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5662-3782 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1963 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
‘The Artistic Aspect of Dress’: The Story of the Healthy and Artistic Dress Union
This article presents a short biography of the Healthy and Artistic Dress Union, a dress reform society formed in 1890 with the aim of ‘teaching both men and women how to discriminate by choosing and rejecting, and so gradually moulding the exigencies of our climate and situation, the claims of artistic arrangement of drapery, and harmony of colour’. It presents a new account of the group that goes beyond previous discussions, which have been sol…
Still Invisible
Provocation piece that queries the visibility of women artists in public UK collections, and problematises practices such as women-only exhibitions in order to open a dialogue on this subject. This essay launches subsequent discussion carried out by several other authors
Manly Modes: Artistic Dress and the Styling of Masculine Identity
From roughly the mid-nineteenth century, Artistic Dress was an alternative sartorial style adopted by both men and women who wished to communicate their identification with artistic practices and philosophies that often ran counter to the status quo. For women, this style was expressed through a less structured look and cut of garment, resulting in a radical departure from the mainstream Victorian silhouette. For men, however, Artistic Dress usua…
Inland Waterways of Europe
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Inland Waterways of Europe
Manly Modes: Artistic Dress and the Styling of Masculine Identity
From roughly the mid-nineteenth century, Artistic Dress was an alternative sartorial style adopted by both men and women who wished to communicate their identification with artistic practices and philosophies that often ran counter to the status quo. For women, this style was expressed through a less structured look and cut of garment, resulting in a radical departure from the mainstream Victorian silhouette. For men, however, Artistic Dress usua…
Still Invisible
Provocation piece that queries the visibility of women artists in public UK collections, and problematises practices such as women-only exhibitions in order to open a dialogue on this subject. This essay launches subsequent discussion carried out by several other authors
‘The Artistic Aspect of Dress’: The Story of the Healthy and Artistic Dress Union
This article presents a short biography of the Healthy and Artistic Dress Union, a dress reform society formed in 1890 with the aim of ‘teaching both men and women how to discriminate by choosing and rejecting, and so gradually moulding the exigencies of our climate and situation, the claims of artistic arrangement of drapery, and harmony of colour’. It presents a new account of the group that goes beyond previous discussions, which have been sol…
Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Fashion and Cultural Textiles (2 works) · Visual arts (2 works) · Art history (1 works) · Art, Politics, and Modernism (1 works) · Biography (1 works) · Clothing (1 works) · Conformity (1 works) · Crafts, Textile, and Design (1 works)