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Costume History Midterm
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Undergraduate 4
03/20/2013

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Term
Primary Source
Definition
Created at the time under study.
Term
Secondary Source
Definition
An interpretation of a primary source.
Term
Primary Source Questions
Definition

-intended audience

-purpose of art work

-assumptions creator makes

-bases of creator's conclusions

-creator agrees or disagrees with other authors

-content agrees or disagrees with other sources

-where it was made

Term
3 Places to Find Primary Sources
Definition

Museums

Libraries

Online

Term
Extant
Definition
Existing
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Silhouette
Definition
Term
[image]
Definition
Scallops
Term
[image]
Definition
Bateau
Term
[image]
Definition
Castellation
Term
[image]
Definition

Foliation

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[image]
Definition
Schenti - Egyptian
Term
Tight Sheath Dress
Definition
Procardium
Term
[image]
Definition
Kalasiris
Term
Influential Greek People
Definition
Homer, Socrates, Plato, Archimedes
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Greek Philosophy
Definition
Exalted the human body: "A healthy mind in a healthy body"
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[image]
Definition
Doric
Term
[image]
Definition
Ionic
Term
[image]
Definition
Chlamys
Term
[image]
Definition
Doric & Ionic Columns
Term
Psyche Knot
Definition
Believed perfect balance to nose
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[image]
Definition
Himation
Term
Rome : Representational Statement
Definition
How a small community of shepherds in central Italy grows to become one of the most powerful countries in the world.
Term
Clavi
Definition
Colors and Borders distinguished class and rank.
Term
[image]
Definition
Toga, Stola, Palla
Term
[image]
Definition
Pallium
Term
[image]
Definition
palludamentum
Term
[image]
Definition
sagum
Term
[image]
Definition
tunic
Term
Byzantine
Definition

Asian influenced.

Pearls, gold, etc.

Term
Byzantine Statement of Period
Definition

"The Dark Ages"

era of strife and migration

This period represents the birth of European civilization and is the link between the classic and gothic periods.

 

Term
[image]
Definition
T-Shaped Tunic
Term
Bayeux Tapestry
Definition

considered the earliest primary source for costume specifics

Depicts the Norman invasion of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Harold, within 10 years of the Battle of Hastings

Term
Chemise
Definition
Fitted garment, bottom layer next to body.
Term
[image]
Definition

Bliaut - fitted at waist, pleated

Romanesque

Term
[image]
Definition
Braccae
Term
[image]
Definition

Surcote

Romanesque

Term
[image]
Definition

Chasuble 

Romanesque

Term
Gothic Philosophy
Definition

Soul and spirit were good, but body was evil.

ELONGATION.

Term
Black Death
Definition

1334-1354

plague kills nearly 75% of people

25 million throughout europe and asia

Term
Heraldry
Definition
Used in chivalrous knights as identificaion -> coat of arms.
Term
Points
Definition
Lace with metal tips
Term
Dagged Edges
Definition
Scallops, Castellations, Foliations
Term
[image]
Definition
scallops
Term
[image]
Definition
castellation
Term
[image]
Definition
foliation
Term
[image]
Definition

Cote Hardie

first fitted garment

Term
[image]
Definition
tippet
Term
[image]
Definition
open sided surcote
Term
liripipe
Definition
tail of hood or coat
Term
Gorget
Definition
Headdress covered neck alone and draped up and tucked
Term
Wimple
Definition
ENCIRCLES ENTIRE HEAD UNDER VEIL
Term
[image]
Definition
two horn hennin
Term
[image]
Definition
truncated hennin
Term
[image]
Definition

butterfly hennin

 

Term
Renaissance Philosophy
Definition

Humanism - a new view of the individual

More realistic

More centered on Man than God.

re-birth of man after dark ages

Life was embraced with exuberance

Term
3 Renaissance Men
Definition

Polymaths:

da Vinci

Galileo

Michelangelo

 

Term
Renaissance Silhouette
Definition
Broad & Wide
Term
Gothic Silhouette
Definition
Elongated
Term
Puffing & Slashing
Definition

1476 born

Swiss mercenaries vanquish Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy

Term
Doublet
Jerkin
Gown
Definition
Term
Renaissance Corset
Definition

negation of chest

flatten chest

Term
Renaissance Headpieces
Definition

women: architecturally shaped. 

stiffened decorated shape which was worn at the face edge that gave a very structured silhouette to the head. they often had veils hanging from the stiffened part down the back. 

kennel, gabled, pedimental, and crescent

Term
supportasso
Definition
wiring form for big collar - Elizabethan
Term
bombasting
Definition
stuffing; quilting
Term
peascod belly
Definition
Term
paning
Definition

later form of puffing and slashing

 

Term
pickadills
Definition
the little blocks of fabric/fringe at the botton edge and shoulder
Term
leg o mutton sleeve
Definition
tight from elbow to wrist, puffy from shoulder to elbow
Term
peplum
Definition
short, pointed, long piece of fabric at bottom of doublet
Term
shoulder wings/rolls/crescents
Definition
Term
[image]
Definition
peascod
Term
[image]
Definition
pumpkin/melon hose
Term
[image]
Definition
slops/gallagaskins
Term
[image]
Definition
venetians
Term
[image]
Definition
wheel
Term
[image]
Definition
bell
Term
Elizabethan - 5 Famous People
Definition

Queen Elizabeth

James I

Shakespeare

Catherine de Medici

Phillip II

Term
Cavalier - 3 people
Definition

Charles I

Cardinal Richelieu

Louis XIII

Term
Deshabille
Definition
carefully calculated disheveled look
Term
Baroque Silhouette
Definition
Football
Term
[image]
Definition
waistcoat
Term
[image]
Definition
cassock
Term
[image]
Definition
fontage
Term
Shirt-Doublet-Jerkin-Gown
Definition
Shirt-armor looking-open vest thing-long girly coat
Term
Elizabethan Silhouette
Definition
Triangle + well turned calf
Term
cavalier
Definition

large cuffs on boots

swashbuckling demeanor

 

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