About The Fop!

” The Fop! “

“The Fop!: a Character Portrait of Draco Adollphus B”  is Multimedia Artist Danica C. Barboza’s latest sculpture of The Great Draco B.

This strikingly Life-Size figure, entirely hand-sculpted by the artist,is glazed in a narrative color spectrum of contemporary magazine clippings.

Flanked by a swirling arrangement of  ca. 18th Century styled textile/architectural decor (appropriate to its title), the image of Draco Adollphus B is brought to life through his carefully rendered mid-motion pose, cutting a dramatically down-cast likeness of the iconic Draco B as he strides towards his expectant viewers.

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But, What …   ( you may ask, )    … Is a  Fop ?! :

Fop

Syllabification: (fop)     Pronunciation: /fɒp/

Definition of fop:

noun

[Middle English: ‘fobben’ to deceive; Middle High German: voppen] (15c.)

1) a man who is concerned with his clothes and appearance in an affected and excessive way.

2)a man who is devoted to or vain about his clothing or dress.

[Similar to the term ‘coxcomb’ and ‘dandy’, ‘Fop’ as a pejorative, rose in popularity during the 17th-18th century]

Verb: Fop

(Verb forms: Fop, Fopped, Fopping, 1602)

1) to Fool     2) to Doop

Derivatives:

Plural Noun: Foppery

(1546)

1) foolish character or action, Folly   2) the behavior or dress of a Fop

Adverb: Foppishly,   Noun: Foppishness

Other possible Origins and relations:

late Middle English (in the sense of a ‘fool’); possibly derived from the German ‘foppen’ meaning to “jeer at, make a fool of.” Sense of a “dandy” is from 1660s,

Possibly related to ‘fob’ (“Fob”=”small pocket for valuables,” probably related to Low German fobke “pocket,” High German fuppe “pocket,” “a dialectal word used in Livonia” [Klein]. Meaning “chain attached to a watch carried in the fob” is from 1885.)

                                                                                                                                               -OED+MWD+DB (edited)

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