From the ancient world through to modern times the bodies of slaves have been represented in literature; documentary and personal narrative writing; and in art. This volume presents evidence of the past sins of mankind in both art and literature.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Highly InaccurateBy Wise ConsumerHaving already bought and read the large and thoroughly-researched coffee-table book on Edith Head; as well as the biography; I came across this book on sale for $2; so I thought; "Why not?" It had a number of illustrations; albeit very small; a few of which I had not seen. The text; however; is so lazy and unresearched as to make this book infuriating. First; Edith Head is infamous for having obtained her design job through the fraud of representing her classmates artwork as her own; and spending decades taking credit for the designs and sketches of the staff of sketch artist and designers at Paramount. Second; she grabbed Oscars that belonged to other designers-- and while she has a great many of them; the author claims that Meryl Streep has won more-- saying Ms. Streep has WON 17 Academy Awards; as opposed to that being her nomination count. The lack of historical accuracy or any version of fact checking makes this book rather laughable.The author of the other; superior; larger coffee table volume on Edith Head meticulously researched Heads credits; and identifies the actual illustrators and designers for the costumes credited to Head. She also points out that Hubert de Givenchy DID; in fact; design the many costumes for Audrey Hepburn that Head traveled across the U.S. claiming during her "fashion shows" that she had designed. Designers like Karinska (creator of the famous Ginger Rogers mink skirt) and the actual designer of The Sting (who said he never met Head during production) were less famous and less adept at generating publicity. It seems the author of this book is happy to parrot Heads own press releases; though she mentions that there are "rumors" that Givenchy designed Hepburns clothes for movies like Sabrina and Funny Face. These are not rumors; but well-known facts-- Hepburn went to Paris and was allowed to select from Givenchys collection for Sabrina and by the time she made Funny Face she was his muse and he was credited; having seen Head grab yet another Oscar for his work on Sabrina.Can the author of this small book not simply look at the sketches featured and see how clearly they are the work of many designers and sketch artists; regardless of having Heads signature scrawled across them? She consistently refers to them as "Edith Heads sketches." They are not. They are sketches created by a number of artists working under Edith Head as the executive designer for Paramount and then for Universal; who contractually was allowed to take credit for the work of an entire staff.As a Bob Mackie fan; one can instantly identify the sketches for A New Kind of Love as his; as well as the aesthetic of the actual designs.Edith Head was brilliant at generating publicity (for herself as well as the movies) and handling the egos and often conflicting demands of directors and actresses and producers. She was not generous with crediting the great artists who did the creative work. Any author of a book; no matter how miniscule; about Head has the responsibility of accuracy and of setting the record straight.I gave this book two stars for the inclusion of many of the sketches-- the ones so obviously NOT by a single artist-- but would give it ZERO stars for the text. If you can grab it for a hugely discounted price; it can be worth sticking on the bookshelf as an auxiliary to the much better; more thorough; and more accurate volumes also available.