[MR] exhibition: "On a Pedestal: From Renaissance Chopines to Baroqe Heels"

[Alexandria Stratton]

Interesting, it looks like the later the period the more the body weight was shifted from the heel to the ball of the foot. Though they may not be as glamorous, I think I would prefer the earlier period ones just because I am not skilled in walking in high-heeled shoes; I usually walk on my heels. The Spanish ones from 1540 remind me of when I was a kid & we made 'stilts' with strings and metal coffee cans. <grin>

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Thought this exhibition would be of  interest.

http://www.batashoemuseum.ca/exhibitions/on_a_pedestal/index.shtml
runs  to September 20, 2010
>From the museum's website: The exhibition explores  two of the most 
extreme forms of footwear ever worn in Western fashion,  the 
outrageous platform chopine and its eventual replacement, the high  
heel. On a Pedestal offers visitors a once in a lifetime opportunity  
to see exceptionally rare examples of Renaissance and Baroque 
footwear  on loan from numerous renowned International museums 
including: Victoria  and Albert Museum, London; Museo Bardini, 
Florence; Castello Sforzesco,  Milan; Livrustkammaren and Skoklosters 
Slott, both Stockholm; Museo  Palazzo Mocenigo and Museo Correr, both 
Venice; Ambras Castle, Austria;  Boston Museum of Fine Art, Boston and 
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto as  well as shoes from the Bata Shoe 
Museum's own collection.

Catalog  of exhibition:
Semmelhack, Elizabeth. On a Pedestal: From Renaissance  Chopines to 
Baroque Heels. Toronto: Bata Shoe Museum, 2009.  26cm.,  pbk., 115pp., 
77 color illus. ISBN: 9780921638209 0921638205 OCLC:  445231795
Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Bata Shoe Museum, Toronto,  
Ont., Nov. 18, 2009-Sept. 10, 2010.

>From the museum  shop:
http://www.batashoemuseum.ca/museum_shop/index.shtml
Written by  Bata Shoe Museum Senior Curator Elizabeth Semmelhack, this 
fascinating and  beautiful book explores the social history of 
elevating  footwear.
#1606, $30.00 (substantially more elsewhere) 
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