Dressing the Past /

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gleba, Margarita editor.

Contributor:

Munkholt, Cherine editor.

Nosch, Marie-Louise editor.

Series:

Ancient textiles series ; 3.

Ancient Textiles Series ; VOL. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clothing and dress--History.

Costume--History.

Clothing and dress.

Costume.

Local Subjects:

Clothing and dress--History.

Costume--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiv, 168 pages) : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, UK : Oxbow Books, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"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."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction / by the editors

Maps / by Peder Dam

Haute Couture in the Bronze Age: A History of Minoan Female Costumes from Thera / by Marie-Louise B. Nosch

You Are What You Wear: Scythian Costume as Identity / by Margarita Gleba

"On the Borders of East and West": A Reconstruction of Roman Provincial and Barbarian Dress in the Hungarian National Museum / by Ilona Hendzsel, Eszter Istvánovits, Valéria Kulcsár, Dorottya Ligeti, Andrea Óvári and Judit Pásztókai-Szeőke

A Weaver's Voice: Making Reconstructions of Danish Iron Age Textiles / by Anna Nørgaard

Iconography and Costume from the Late Iron Age in Scandinavia / by Ulla Mannering

Tools, Textile Production and Society in Viking Age Birka / by Eva B. Andersson

Spotlight on Medieval Scandinavian Dress: Sources and Interpretations / by Kathrine Vestergaard Pedersen

Tailored Criticism: The Use of Renaissance and Baroque Garments as Sources of Information / by Cecilia Aneer

Costume in a Museological Context: Dealing with Costume and Dress from Modern Danish History / by Tove Engelhardt Mathiassen and Helle Leilund

Cut, Stitch and Fabrics: Female Dress in the Past 200 Years / by Maj Ringgaard

Ancient Female Costume: From Silent Cinema to Hollywood Glamour / by Annette Borrell.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-78297-474-1

1-78297-472-5

OCLC:

881570258