Costume History and Style / Edition 1

by Douglas A. Russell

Overview

Well organized survey of the history of dress in the Western world. Examines the development of styles in relation to the cultural contexts of the time.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780131812147
Publisher:	Pearson
Publication date:	12/02/1982
Edition description:	Facsimile
Pages:	576
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.30(d)

Table of Contents

Preface		ix
Introduction		xi
Prehistoric		1	(10)
Background		2	(2)
The Basic Costume Silhouette		4	(1)
Old Stone Age (Paleolithic) Dress		4	(3)
Transitional Age (Mesolithic) Dress		7	(1)
New Stone Age (Neolithic) Dress		7	(4)
Ancient Egypt		11	(17)
Background		14	(2)
The Basic Costume Silhouette		16	(2)
Early Dynastic Period & Old Kingdom Costume		18	(3)
Intermediate Periods & The Middle-Kingdom Costume		21	(1)
Empire Period Costume		22	(3)
Late Dynastic and Ptolemaic Period Costume		25	(1)
Fabrics		25	(1)
Arts and Artifacts		26	(1)
Visual Sources		26	(1)
Summary		26	(2)
Mesopotamia		28	(16)
Background		32	(2)
The Basic Costume Silhouette		34	(1)
Sumerian Costume		34	(3)
Babylonian Costume		37	(1)
Assyrian Costume		38	(2)
Hebrew Costume		40	(1)
Persian Costume		41	(1)
Fabrics		42	(1)
Arts and Artifacts		43	(1)
Visual Sources		43	(1)
Summary		43	(1)
Ancient Greece		44	(22)
Background		48	(3)
The Basic Costume Silhouette		51	(4)
Minoan Costume		55	(1)
Mycenaean Costume		56	(1)
Archaic Greek		56	(3)
Classical Greek		59	(3)
Hellenistic Greek		62	(1)
Fabrics		63	(1)
Arts and Artifacts		64	(1)
Visual Sources		64	(1)
Summary		65	(1)
Ancient Rome		66	(22)
Background		71	(1)
The Basic Costume Silhouette		72	(2)
Etruscan Costume		74	(3)
Roman Costume of the Republic		77	(3)
Roman Costume of the Empire		80	(6)
Fabrics		86	(1)
Arts and Artifacts		86	(1)
Visual Sources		86	(1)
Summary		87	(1)
Early Christian and Byzantine		88	(16)
Background		91	(1)
The Basic Costume Silhouette		92	(3)
Early Christian and Early Byzantine Dress		95	(3)
First Byzantine Golden Age		98	(2)
Second Byzantine Golden Age		100	(2)
Fabrics		102	(1)
Arts and Artifacts		103	(1)
Visual Sources		103	(1)
Summary		103	(1)
Barbaric, Carolingian, and Romanesque		104	(20)
Background		109	(2)
The Basic Costume Silhouette		111	(1)
Barbaric Dress		112	(4)
Carolingian Dress		116	(3)
Romanesque Dress		119	(3)
Fabrics		122	(1)
Arts and Artifacts		122	(1)
Visual Sources		123	(1)
Summary		123	(1)
Early and High Gothic		124	(15)
Background		127	(1)
The Basic Costume Silhouette		128	(2)
Early Gothic Dress		130	(3)
High Gothic Dress		133	(3)
Fabrics		136	(1)
Arts and Artifacts		137	(1)
Visual Sources		137	(1)
Summary		138	(1)
Middle Gothic		139	(18)
Background		142	(2)
The Basic Costume Silhouette		144	(1)
Decorated Gothic (The Cotehardie)		145	(5)
Flamboyant Gothic (The Houppelande)		150	(5)
Fabrics		155	(1)
Arts and Artifacts		155	(1)
Visual Sources		156	(1)
Summary		156	(1)
Late Gothic and Early Italian Renaissance		157	(19)
Background		160	(3)
The Basic Costume Silhouette		163	(1)
The Early Italian Renaissance		164	(6)
The Burgundian Style		170	(3)
Fabrics		173	(1)
Arts and Artifacts		173	(1)
Visual Sources		174	(1)
Summary		175	(1)
High Renaissance		176	(20)
Background		179	(1)
The Basic Costume Silhouette		180	(6)
The Renaissance		186	(4)
High Renaissance		190	(3)
Fabrics		193	(1)
Arts and Artifacts		194	(1)
Visual Sources		194	(1)
Summary		194	(2)
Early Mannerist Renaissance		196	(17)
Background		199	(1)
The Basic Costume Silhouette		200	(4)
The Early Mannerist Renaissance		204	(7)
Fabrics		211	(1)
Arts and Artifacts		211	(1)
Visual Sources		211	(1)
Summary		212	(1)
Elizabethan-Jacobean (Late Mannerist Renaissance)		213	(19)
Background		217	(1)
The Basic Costume Silhouette		218	(2)
Elizabethan		220	(8)
Jacobean		228	(2)
Fabrics		230	(1)
Arts and Artifacts		230	(1)
Visual Sources		231	(1)
Summary		231	(1)
Early Baroque (Cavalier)		232	(18)
Background		236	(1)
The Basic Costume Silhouette		237	(4)
The Early Baroque (Cavalier)		241	(6)
Fabrics		247	(1)
Arts and Artifacts		247	(1)
Visual Sources		248	(1)
Summary		249	(1)
Late Baroque (Restoration)		250	(20)
Background		254	(2)
The Basic Costume Silhouette		256	(4)
Early Louis XIV and the Reign of Charles II		260	(4)
Late Louis XIV and the Reigns of James II, William and Mary, and Queen Anne		264	(4)
Fabrics		268	(1)
Arts and Artifacts		268	(1)
Visual Sources		269	(1)
Summary		269	(1)
Rococo		270	(20)
Background		274	(2)
The Basic Costume Silhouette		276	(4)
Rococo Age of Louis XV		280	(6)
Fabrics		286	(2)
Arts and Artifacts		288	(1)
Visual Sources		288	(1)
Summary		289	(1)
Neoclassicism and Revolution		290	(18)
Background		293	(2)
The Basic Costume Silhouette		295	(1)
Neoclassic and Revolution		296	(10)
Fabrics		306	(1)
Arts and Artifacts		306	(1)
Visual Sources		306	(1)
Summary		307	(1)
Directoire and Empire		308	(19)
Background		311	(3)
The Basic Costume Silhouette		314	(2)
Directoire and Empire Costume		316	(8)
Fabrics		324	(1)
Arts and Artifacts		324	(1)
Visual Sources		325	(1)
Summary		326	(1)
Romantic		327	(19)
Background		330	(3)
The Basic Costume Silhouette		333	(1)
Romantic Costume		334	(9)
Fabrics		343	(1)
Arts and Artifacts		344	(1)
Visual Sources		344	(1)
Summary		345	(1)
Victorian and Second Empire		346	(19)
Background		349	(2)
The Basic Costume Silhouette		351	(1)
Victorian and Second Empire Costume		352	(11)
Fabrics		363	(1)
Arts and Artifacts		363	(1)
Visual Sources		364	(1)
Summary		364	(1)
Later Victorian: The Gilded Age		365	(19)
Background		367	(3)
The Basic Costume Silhouette		370	(3)
Late Victorian: The Costume of the Gilded Age		373	(8)
Fabrics		381	(1)
Arts and Artifacts		382	(1)
Visual Sources		383	(1)
Summary		383	(1)
Late Victorian and Edwardian: Art Nouveau		384	(20)
Background		387	(2)
The Basic Costume Silhouette		389	(4)
Late Victorian Costume		393	(3)
Edwardian Costume		396	(5)
Fabrics		401	(1)
Arts and Artifacts		401	(1)
Visual Sources		402	(1)
Summary		402	(2)
World War I and the Twenties: Early Art Deco		404	(19)
Background		407	(2)
The Basic Costume Silhouette		409	(3)
World War I and the Twenties: Early Art Deco Costume		412	(8)
Fabrics		420	(1)
Arts and Artifacts		420	(1)
Visual Sources		421	(1)
Summary		421	(2)
The Thirties and World War II: Late Art Deco		423	(20)
Background		426	(2)
The Basic Costume Silhouette		428	(2)
The Thirties and World War II: Late Art Deco Costume		430	(10)
Fabrics		440	(1)
Arts and Artifacts		440	(1)
Visual Sources		441	(1)
Summary		442	(1)
The Cold War		443	(19)
Background		445	(3)
The Basic Costume Silhouette		448	(2)
Cold War Costume		450	(9)
Fabrics		459	(1)
Arts and Artifacts		460	(1)
Visual Sources		461	(1)
Summary		461	(1)
Contemporary		462	(20)
Background		466	(3)
The Basic Costume Silhouette		469	(3)
Contemporary Costume		472	(8)
Fabrics		480	(1)
Arts and Artifacts		480	(1)
Visual Sources		481	(1)
Summary		481	(1)
Postscript		482	(1)
Glossary		483	(31)
Bibliography		514	(16)
Index		530