Fashion in the Age of the Black Prince
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| Rating | : | 4.73 (687 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 085115767X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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STELLA MARY NEWTON's lifelong interest in costume has been the mainspring of her work, from early days as a stage and costume designer (including designing the costumes for the first production of T.S. Eliot's Murder in the Cathedral) to her later work at the National Gallery advising on the implications of costume for the purpose of dating, and at the Courtauld Institute where she set
"An excellent reference, if a little hard to read" according to E. M. Tanner. This book is filled with useful information for those interested in the costume of the period, although it can be hard to untangle some of the author's sentences. Newton covers the period in short segments (a few years at a time), examining the changes to costume throughout Europe as documented in a variety of sources - contemporary descriptions in chronicles and literature, illuminations, condemnation of fashion by clerics, sumptuary laws, and household accounts. The glimpses into social history, economics, politics and class structure are also useful. My only re. "Caveat Emptor" according to Parrhesia. The subject matter of this book suggests that illustrations would and should form an important part of its content. Indeed, the book includes more than Caveat Emptor Parrhesia The subject matter of this book suggests that illustrations would and should form an important part of its content. Indeed, the book includes more than 40 separate figures. However, the illustrations in the paperback copy of the book that I have just received are truly awful - they look like bad black and white photocopies of the original photographs. Most of them are too dark to discern any detail. One figure (fig. 10) is particularly entertaining - the legend reads: A shoe cut into a decorative open pattern. A spoil from the Battle of Visby, 1360. This illustrat. 0 separate figures. However, the illustrations in the paperback copy of the book that I have just received are truly awful - they look like bad black and white photocopies of the original photographs. Most of them are too dark to discern any detail. One figure (fig. 10) is particularly entertaining - the legend reads: A shoe cut into a decorative open pattern. A spoil from the Battle of Visby, 1Caveat Emptor The subject matter of this book suggests that illustrations would and should form an important part of its content. Indeed, the book includes more than Caveat Emptor Parrhesia The subject matter of this book suggests that illustrations would and should form an important part of its content. Indeed, the book includes more than 40 separate figures. However, the illustrations in the paperback copy of the book that I have just received are truly awful - they look like bad black and white photocopies of the original photographs. Most of them are too dark to discern any detail. One figure (fig. 10) is particularly entertaining - the legend reads: A shoe cut into a decorative open pattern. A spoil from the Battle of Visby, 1360. This illustrat. 0 separate figures. However, the illustrations in the paperback copy of the book that I have just received are truly awful - they look like bad black and white photocopies of the original photographs. Most of them are too dark to discern any detail. One figure (fig. 10) is particularly entertaining - the legend reads: A shoe cut into a decorative open pattern. A spoil from the Battle of Visby, 1360. This illustrat. 60. This illustrat. A Customer said An integrated look at costume and culture. This excellent book will take you through the early years of the fourteenth century and not only illustrate the costume of England and France through historic art and illumination, but also explain the social and cultural influences of the era. Current sumptuary laws and literary references to the clothing of the time flesh out a very clear and entertaining look at the costume of the age.
1340 to 1363 were years remarkable for dramatic developments in fashion and for extravagant spending on costume, foreshadowing the later luxury of Richard II's court. She draws on surviving accounts from the Royal courts, the evidence of chronicles and poetry (often from unpublished manuscripts), and representations in painting, sculpture and manuscript illumination. Her exploration of aspects of chivalry, particularly the choice of mottoes and devices worn at tournaments, and of the exchange of gifts of clothing between reigning monarchs, offers new insights into the social history of the times, and she has much to say that is relevant to the study of illuminated manuscripts of the fourteenth century.. Stella Mary Newton broke new ground with this detailed study, which discusses fourteenth-century costume in detail
--ApolloThe evidence for this scholarly and detailed study is drawn in the first instance from documentary sources contemporary illustrations reinforce the written evidence The book contains much that is of wider interest than the subject matter suggests: the various mottoes used by Edward III are discussed, and the problem of his expanding waistline is revealed; there are interesting sidelights on the new orders of chivalry. Something of a landmark in the history of dress the period is notably rich in its documentation, and by carefully analysing both the manuscript sources and published accounts (the author) is able to produce an abundantly detailed narrative of the changes in fashion Tighter clothes outraged moralists, incensed monastic chroniclers and stirred poets in the last chapter the author discuss(es) the relationship of the garments she has meticulously reconstructed with their possible representations in ma