Dressing the Past
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Dressing the Past

  1. 167 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Dressing the Past

About this book

Minoan ladies, Scythian warriors, Roman and Sarmatian merchants, prehistoric weavers, gold sheet figures, Vikings, Medieval saints and sinners, Renaissance noblemen, Danish peasants, dressmakers and Hollywood stars appear in the pages of this anthology. This is not necessarily how they dressed in the past, but how the authors of this book think they dressed in the past, and why they think so. No reader of this book will ever look at a reconstructed costume in a museum or at a historical festival, or watch a film with a historic theme again without a heightened awareness of how, why, and from what sources, the costumes were reconstructed. The seventeen contributors come from a variety of disciplines: archaeologists, historians, curators with ethnological and anthropological backgrounds, designers, a weaver, a conservator and a scholar of fashion in cinema, are all specialists interested in ancient or historical dress who wish to share their knowledge and expertise with students, hobby enthusiasts and the general reader. The anthology is also recommended for use in teaching students at design schools.

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Yes, you can access Dressing the Past by Margarita Gleba, Cherine Munkholt, Marie-Louise Nosch in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Design & Fashion Design. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Oxbow Books
Year
2008
eBook ISBN
9781782974741
Topic
Design
Subtopic
Fashion Design

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. List of Illustrations
  6. List of contributors
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Introduction
  9. Maps
  10. Chapter 1: Haute Couture in the Bronze Age: A History of Minoan Female Costumes from Thera
  11. Chapter 2: You Are What You Wear: Scythian Costume as Identity
  12. Chapter 3: “On the Borders of East and West”: A Reconstruction of Roman Provincial and Barbarian Dress in the Hungarian National Museum
  13. Chapter 4: A Weaver’s Voice: Making Reconstructions of Danish Iron Age Textiles
  14. Chapter 5: Iconography and Costume from the Late Iron Age in Scandinavia
  15. Chapter 6: Tools, Textile Production and Society in Viking Age Birka
  16. Chapter 7: Spotlight on Medieval Scandinavian Dress: Sources and Interpretations
  17. Chapter 8: Tailored Criticism: The Use of Renaissance and Baroque Garments as Sources of Information
  18. Chapter 9: Costume in a Museological Context: Dealing with Costume and Dress from Modern Danish History
  19. Chapter 10: Cut, Stitch and Fabrics: Female Dress in the Past 200 Years
  20. Chapter 11: Ancient Female Costume: From Silent Cinema to Hollywood Glamour
  21. Timeline