Profiles one hundred influential shoe designs from the past century, describing the artists, technical developments, and cultural influences that shaped shoe fashion, in a tribute that includes archival images and specially commissioned photographs of rare period footwear.
Takes a look at the makings and meanings of shoes, cobblers, and barefootedness in Jewish experience. This book shows how shoes convey theological, social, and economic concepts, and as such are subjects for inquiry within a range of cultural, artistic, and historic contexts.
