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Beaton/D/2/2/27
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GB 275 Beaton/D/2/2/27
Title
The Pendulum of Art and Fashion
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2 copies; 4p paper
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Typescript essay on the relationship between art and fashion, and the influence of history upon them. The psychological climate of an age determines its expression in art as well as in fashion. Recent art and fashion reflects a revolt against the inhuman and the mechanised trends in modern life, in favour of natural forms again, in a more general attempt to reassert human values.