Figure Skating and the Arts

Eight Centuries of Sport and Inspiration

Frances Dafoe (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

192 Seiten

2011
Schiffer Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7643-3803-8 (ISBN)

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The grace, speed, and beauty of ice skating has inspired painters and sculptors, graphic artists and photographers, film makers and choreographers of spectacles, and the designers of skates and costumes, medals, programs and posters, advertising dolls, and decorative objects. With 321 images, trace figure skating’s eight centuries of history. See the impact it has had on the visual and performing arts, from early depictions of animal bones tied to the feet to facilitate movement over frozen streams and lakes to the latest precision-engineered blades used by Olympic champions and the birth of contemporary free-style skating. Fans of figure skating, memorabilia collectors, and historians will treasure this in-depth look at this popular activity.

Frances Dafoe, with her partner Norris Bowden, began competing as an ice dancer in 1950, winning several Canadian championships, the North American Pair championship, and World Pair championship. They competed at two Winter Olympic games, winning the silver medal in 1956.

Zusatzinfo	321 b/w & color images
Verlagsort	Atglen
Sprache	englisch
Maße	298 x 229 mm
Gewicht	1415 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ski- / Wintersport
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	0-7643-3803-X / 076433803X
ISBN-13	978-0-7643-3803-8 / 9780764338038
Zustand	Neuware