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Fashion, art, and modernity collide in 1800s France and Britain.
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The New Taste

Fashion and Art in the 1820s and 1830s

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  • Hardcover

    256 pages

  • Release Date

    18 April 2026

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Summary

The New Taste: Fashion, Art, and the Early Nineteenth Century

Across the visual arts in France and Britain in the 1820s and 1830s a novel concept of fashionability took shape. Driven by a quest for the new and wide-ranging in taste, fashion flourished in the period’s expansive print production, while the fine arts negotiated the demand for novelty by, paradoxically, reviving styles from the past. Susan L. Siegfried argues that the intersections between fashion, costume, and art in t…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780300282177
ISBN-10:0300282176
Author:Susan L. Siegfried
Publisher:Yale University Press
Imprint:Yale University Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:256
Release Date:18 April 2026
Weight:1.27kg
Dimensions:216mm x 279mm
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The New Taste by Susan L. Siegfried - ISBN: 9780300282177
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Critics Review

“Focusing on a liminal moment in the early history of modern fashion, The New Taste changes our understanding of clothing’s role in portraiture and makes a significant intervention in the intertwined, intermedial histories of European portraiture, fashion and print culture.”—Carol Armstrong, author of Cezanne’s Gravity

“Siegfried offers fascinating new insights into the fashion and art of the early 19th century, which also throw light on today’s ideas about fashion and art.”—Valerie Steele, founder/editor, Fashion Theory

About The Author

Susan L. Siegfried

Susan L. Siegfried is Denise Riley Collegiate Professor Emerita of the History of Art and Women’s Studies at the University of Michigan.

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