• A century of social and political upheavals...civil wars, religious persecution, revolts, peasant discontent, etc.
• Period of the Thirty Year War in Germany 
• Encompasses most of the Baroque era.
• The Baroque style was lavish, ornamentation... free and flowing lines.. massive as opposed to delicate
• All countries of Western Europe at that time.

~Absolute Monarchy was generally the rule. - ruling by Divine Right

~France - Louis XIV (Sun King) 

~England - James I (Divine Right of Kings) 

~Charles I came to rule

~Charles II took the throne

~Russia - Peter the Great

~Growth of Trade continues. This develops to the Far East. Japan closes its trade to Europe

~Formation of the East India Company

~Catholics and Protestants co-existed.

~Baroque Style... was curvilinear and massive

~Artists: Rubens, Hals, Rembrandt, Vermeer, Van Dyck, Poussin and Valasquez

~Literature: Cervantes, Milton, Moliere

~Music: Bach, Handel’s early beginnings

Architecture - Christopher Wren

~Newton, 1684 Theories of Motion

~Galileo, 1632 Theories of Astronomy

Styles of Clothing - influenced by Groups

Puritans - plain or ‘sad’ colors, high crowned hats

Cavalier or Royalist sympathizers - broad brimmed plumed hats

Aprons became a fashion for Puritans and Cavalier’s

Spanish - farthingale (Spanish - verdugado), mantilla (veil)

Women

soft gowns with floppy lace collars, lace cuffs

bodices and skirts usually separate

skirts and petticoats

Men

called cavaliers, gentlemen fops

loose fitting garments, decorated with many ornaments

high boots, (floppy topped), hose with lace cuffs, plumed hats

Men

Tunic, pourpoint, doublet >>> vest or waistcoat

justaucorps or jerkin >>> jacket or coat (Habit in French)

Women

tunic >>>cotte or dress

kirtle>>> petticoat

• Cotton Chintz - a handpainted or printed fabric, sometimes with a glaze
• Cotton Calicoes - small printed fabrics (Calcutta, India)
• Bengal Muslin
• Brocades, velvets, embroidered velvets, satins, damasks, cloth of gold.
• Colors were bright.
• Fabrics richly decorated with pearl’s, gold, etc.
• Demand for cotton was so high that smuggling and evasion of laws occurred (Tortora

Moved towards a vertical line later in the 16th century and into the 17th century

Men dressed with great ornamentation.

Women were narrow shoulders, small waist, full hips.

Silhouette became more fitted.

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A sleeveless garment, often having buttons down the front, worn usually over a shirt or blouse and sometimes as part of a three-piece suit.

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 a fitted, knee-length coat, characterized by wide turned-back cuffs and stiff flared skirts, worn especiallyby men in the 17th and 18th centuries.

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 a knee-length, narrow-sleeved, light outer garment of linen and lace, worn by prelates in some ceremonies

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Petticoat breeches were voluminously wide, pleated pants, reminiscent of a skirt, worn by men

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Short trousers fastened just below the knee, now chiefly worn for riding a horse or as part of ceremonial dress.

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short full breeches worn by men in the 16th century

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A belt for a sword or other piece of equipment, worn over one shoulder and reaching down to the opposite hip.

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A collar with rectanglar points falling over the chest,

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A full-length garment of a single color worn by certain Christian clergy

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a loose cloak, coat, or robe, A loose gown or cloak worn by women..

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a cravat with long hanging ends loosely twisted or looped together and worn esp. in the 18th century by men and women

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Thigh-high riding boot with cup-shaped wide top, square toes and higher heels than the jackboot

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A long dress, typically having a close-fitting bodice and a flared or flowing skirt, worn on formal occasions.

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a low-cut neckline on a woman's dress

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A hooped petticoat or circular pad of fabric around the hips, worn under women's skirts to extend and shape them

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A woman's tightly fitting undergarment extending from below the chest to the hips, worn to shape the figure.

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A V-shaped piece of decorative cloth, worn over the chest and stomach in the 16th century

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unbuttoned lower part of sleeves which hang down, sometimes to ankle length

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a fitted, knee-length coat, characterized by wide turned-back cuffs and stiff flared skirts, worn especiallyby men in the 17th and 18th centuries.

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A fan-shaped (especially lace) collar, standing upright behind the head and sloping down to meet a square neckline in front.

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Nine to 18 inches of fabric or lace attached all around neckline (or yoke).  May or may not reveal the shoulders

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a woman's cap with two long flaps pinned on.

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A woman's cape of lace or silk with pointed ends at the center front

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A highly styled wig worn formerly as a fashionable headdress by both women and men

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A curl of hair worn on the temple or forehead.

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A fontange is the name of a headdress popular in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries in France

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A person who rides the leading left-hand horse of a team or pair drawing a coach or carriage

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A  piece of cloth or other material used to mend or strengthen a torn or weak point.

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A tube made of fur or other warm material into which the hands are placed for warmth.

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A stout glove with a long loose wrist.

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An outer garment worn outdoors, having sleeves and typically extending below the hips.

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A vest, esp. one worn by men over a shirt and under a jacket.

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Short trousers fastened just below the knee, now chiefly worn for riding a horse or as part of ceremonial dress

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A man's double-breasted, long-skirted coat, now worn chiefly on formal occasions.

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1. A woman's long coat with a cutaway or contrasting front.
2. A man's double-breasted topcoat with a full skirt.

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an 18th century wig with a long plait in back that is tied top and bottom with bows

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a black hair wig carried in a small silk bag.

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cocked hat with the brim turned up to form three points

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1. A garment similar to leggings, worn to cover or protect the ankle and lower leg.
2. A shoe or overshoe extending to the ankle or above.

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A long dress, typically having a close-fitting bodice and a flared or flowing skirt, worn on formal occasions.

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 having back pleats falling loosely from neckline to hem

Robe a la Francaise, Robe a la Anglaise

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an elaborate short-sleeved overdress with a fitted waist and a draped cutaway overskirt.

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Dresses open in front to show an underskirt or with a front gore of contrasting material, with collar and lapels and long sleeves. Bodice may be double-breasted and high-waisted

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A fashionable dress for women, introduced about 1780. It was satirized by Horace Walpole as resembling “a man's night-gown bound round with a belt

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Panniers or side hoops are women's undergarments worn in the 18th century to extend the width of theskirts at the side while leaving the front and back relatively flat.

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1. A woman's tightly fitting undergarment extending from below the chest to the hips, worn to shape the figure.
2. A similar garment worn by men or women to support a weak or injured back.

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a furbelow or puckered flounce for decorating dresses

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a wide, bell-shaped sleeve popular in the 1860s, worn over an engageante or false undersleeve.

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• A woman's cloak with armholes or sleeves, reaching to the ankles.
• A fur-lined cloak, esp. as part of a hussar's uniform.

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a woman's large folded hooped hood; worn in the 18th century