Ancient costume
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I've been reading a fascinating anthology of articles on ancient textile and costume research called "Dressing The Past (Ancient Textiles)", edited by Margarita Gleba, consisting of various short but extremely interesting articles about different aspects of ancient textile/clothing research. Starting with a chapter on Minoan women's dress (with a very interesting observation that design students without any classical training immediately spotted that an ivory "Minoan snake goddess" statuette was probably a Victorian/Edwardian fake - I have to admit that when I first saw the photo, without having read the text, I assumed that it was Art Nouveau), and including articles on Sarmatians, Vikings, and how Hollywood "historical" films nonetheless reflect very obviously the styles of their era, especially in the costumes of the leading lady.
An e-book from the library. Thank you, Libbyapp.
I've been reading a fascinating anthology of articles on ancient textile and costume research called "Dressing The Past (Ancient Textiles)", edited by Margarita Gleba, consisting of various short but extremely interesting articles about different aspects of ancient textile/clothing research. Starting with a chapter on Minoan women's dress (with a very interesting observation that design students without any classical training immediately spotted that an ivory "Minoan snake goddess" statuette was probably a Victorian/Edwardian fake - I have to admit that when I first saw the photo, without having read the text, I assumed that it was Art Nouveau), and including articles on Sarmatians, Vikings, and how Hollywood "historical" films nonetheless reflect very obviously the styles of their era, especially in the costumes of the leading lady.
An e-book from the library. Thank you, Libbyapp.
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Date: 2021-08-28 07:00 pm (UTC)Wasn't there a story about a discovery of Cretan frescoes where one of the French archeologists' reaction to the wide-skirted, narrow-waisted women was, "But they are Parisiennes!"? (I am going off vague memories of a Big Golden Book of Ancient History, or something like that.)
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Date: 2021-08-29 05:36 am (UTC)https://cdn.britannica.com/700x450/11/45311-004-EA2FFB00.jpg
Alexandra as the secret guardian of the British Empire, who chucked the whole thing in a snit because Bertie did her wrong...