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Anne Hollander, Scholar Who Linked Art and Style, Dies at 83

Anne Hollander, a historian who helped elevate the study of art and dress by revealing the often striking relationships between the two, died on Sunday at her home in Manhattan. She was 83.

The cause was cancer, said her husband, the philosopher Thomas Nagel.

“The art of dressing is the art we all practice,” Ms. Hollander liked to say...


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