This scrupulously researched and abundantly illustrated book includes 315 drawings based on renderings by artists of the period to achieve utmost accuracy and authenticity.
Included are elaborate examples of Aegean costume, Doric and Ionic styles of dress for women, Greek and Roman armor, graceful and intricately arranged Roman togas, the tunica — roomy, wide-sleeved apparel; and the pallium, a cloak-like garment. Ornate vestments of the Eastern Orthodox Church and Byzantine costumes are carefully described and portrayed, as are styles of hairdressing, jewelry, and other decorative elements.
An excellent reference for the history classroom, the volume also includes instructions and flat patterns showing the cut of sample garments, making it easy for costume designers to reproduce period apparel. This book will be valuable as well to costume historians and art students interested in the development of representative art.
ISBN-13: 9780486426105
Media Type: Paperback
Publisher: Dover Publications
Publication Date: 10-20-2011
Pages: 208
Product Dimensions: 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x (d)
Series: Dover Fashion and Costumes
Table of Contents
I. AEGEAN COSTUME
Aegean Ornament
Details of Ornament on Plate II
II. ANCIENT GREEK COSTUME
The Doric and Ionic Styles
The Doric Dress as worn by Greek Women
The Ionic Dress as work by Greek Women
Women's Outdoor Dress
Greek Male Costume
Greek Armour
Greek Ornament
Children's Dress
III. ANCIENT ROMAN COSTUME
Roman Costume
Summary of Garments other than the Toga worn by Roman Men
Roman Armour and Military Costume
Dress of Roman Women before the Third Century A.D.
Roman Women's Hairdressing and Jewellery
Roman Ornament
IV. BYZANTINE COSTUME AND THE TRANSITION PERIOD TO WHICH IT IS THE SEQUEL
The Transition Period Style in Costume
Armour in the Transition Period
Women's Dress in the Transition Period
The Byzantine Style in Costume
V. THE VESTMENTS OF THE EASTERN ORTHODOX CHURCH AND THEIR RELATION TO BYZANTINE COSTUME
The Vestments
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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