Notes on Art History

remark This statue of an Ancient Egyptian char distinctly shows the way of dressing in Ancient Egypt. This statue be foresightfuls to the New Kingdome period. eubstance The fair sex is have on a kalasiris, a typical old-fashi onenessd Egyptian dress. The distance of the dress tells us that this wo universe probably belonged to the upper class, as operative woman mostly wore a kalasiris in a ill-judgeder variant. The dress is make of linen, which was perfect for Egypts hot climate. The dress is un alter, but does have a lot of pleats going in various directions, which must have been genuinely labour intensive. head up The woman is haveing a wig, made of human to custodytum or date palm fibres. The hairs-breadthcloth is curled and was kept unneurotic by wax. The wigs were only exhausted by wealthy people. Accessories Jewellery was very popular in Ancient Egypt, no matter what you social place manpowert was. They were cognise for habiliment lots of jewellery in tu rquoise metals kind ruby- reddish capital and silver and small beads. This woman is gulling a gorgerine, which was a typical Egyptian pick outlace, existing of metal discs, worn on the chest. Minoan Snake Goddess figurine, 1600 BC, Herraklion archeologic MuseumNote This is one of a series of figurines, showing a woman holding a snake in each hand. It was make during excavation of Minoan archaeological sites in Crete. It represents a goddess. Little is know about their identity, but it tells us a lot of the way the Minoan wo custody dressed themselves. torso The goddess is move intoing a lactating bodice, which leaves the breasts b be. She also wears a long skirt which is comprised of seven overlapping flounces, which ar strips of cloth, gathered and fasten on by its upper edge only. The flounces appear to be thick and were probably made of wool, a popular textile used by the Minoan.Over the hips, she wears a double-apron, which is bordered with stripes and patterned wit h a simple prejudice grid of lines The skirt and apron argon secured by a blame , which empha sizes the figures wasp-waist and accentuates the curve of the hips. fountainhead The headpiece , the goddess is wearing shows a series of three good-for-nothing- miscellaneous, raised medallions. Accessories The goddess is wearing a petite fallal on her right wrist. The Minoan were famous for their beautiful jewellery production. Note This female Minoan figure is dressed in traditional Minoan habiliments.The Minoans were known to have a more advance and complexed culture, which is shown in the artistically designed and skilfully made clothing they wore. The figure of the Minoan woman, with extensive breasts and hips and a tiny waist, as very similar to that of the late 1800 woman, who wore intimatelyfitting corsets to make their waist small and hoops low their skirts to increase the size of their substructure. embody The woman is wearing a colourful blouse and skirt that modul ate the be well. The skirt is tight at the waist and flares out towards the bottom in a bell shape. The skirt consists of roughly(prenominal) strips of fabric, sewed together.The layers of fabric have a pointed shape in the marrow, facing towards the floor. The blouse is close fitted to the luggage compartment and has a low stroke in the front to expose the breasts. repoint The woman has long dark hair, which hangs devoid on her shoulders. Accessories She wears ring wrought ear go and a belt, which was very common in the Minoan culture. Because a tiny waist was prized, some historians believe that Minoans would wear a heavy metal belt since their early childhood, forcing the waist to stop growing. Scene of Sacrifice, c. 540 B. C. Pitsa, guinea pig Archaeological Museum, Athens, Greese, flick, wood.Note This painting shows an animal sacrifice in Corinth. It is one of the 4 painted wood slabs of Pitsa that were found in 1934 near Sicyon in a sabotage preceding(prenominal) the village of Pitsa in Corinth. carcass The woman are wearing a meritless peplos that is decorated with a pattern. It is a orthogonal woollen fabric that is folded at the top, so that the top part go over the body. The peplos is fastened at the shoulders with pins. Over the peplos, the woman are wearing a red cape, a chlaina. It is made up of a angulate piece of fabric which is drape some the body.The young men in the painting are wearing a blue, short polyplacophore which reaches their knees and is fastened at their left shouder with pins. forefront The woman have their long hair laced buns in a ponytail, while the men have short cut hair. Accesoires The figures are all wearing a wreath, a headpiece made of goldon leaves. Briseis and Phoenix Painting on a cup, Brygos, ca 490 B. C. , Vulci, Louvre Museum, Paris, France Note This attic red-figure cup shows Phoenix and Briseis. It is an ancient Greek art work from the Classical period. clay The woman is wearing a long chi ton with many folds and pleats.The chiton is made of linen, a light fabric, suitable to the cimate and which makes it easier to form pleats with. The adventitia is wrapped more or less her body and pinned along at the shoulders and arms, forming two leisurely fitted sleeves. The man is wearing a chiton as well, which reaches his feet. On top of the chiton he wears a himation, large piece of fabric, draped arount the body and used as a curtain. Both chitons are decorated with a playfull motif at the bottom. Head The woman has her hair tight back into a bun, with some string section of hair falling loosy besides her face.The man has a long byssus and his hair cut short. You washbasin clearly see that he is old, referable to his undyed exsanguine hair colour. Accesoires Both man and woman wear a hairband. Statue of august, national museum of rome, 100 AC Note This Ancient roman type statue shows Augustus. A Roman emperor who ruled the Roman Empire from 27 BC until his death in 14 AD. In that era, all men wore the same type of cloth, but the fabric and way it was worn, marked burning(prenominal) social differences. Agustus, being an emperor is therefore a clear character of how people of grittyer social status would wear their clothes. system Augustus is wearing a tunica, an essential garment in the warderobe of the ancient Roman man. It consists of two pieces of rectangular fabric, one set on top of the other. It was sewn together at the sides and the top wit holes left for the head and arms. This tunica has long and massive sleeves. On top of the tunica, Augustus wears a toga. A long cloak which is draped a forget me drug the body. Head Augustus has short cut hair and his toga is draped just about his head to form a hood. Court of Emperor Justinian with Macimian and court officialsand pretorial Guards, Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna, Italy, 547 AC, MosaikNote A clear example of clothing from the Byzantium era. Body Justinian, in the nucleus, is wearing an gallant chlamys with a large birth control pill shaped goldon panel (tablion) and an opulent secure. Underneath that he wears a clear silk tunic with tight sleeves (Divistion), which is decorated with god stripes and circular roundles and gold embroidered rd shoes. The Dignitaries wear a clean-living chlamys with a purple tablion an an embroidered tunic. The archbishop Maximianus wears a goldon chasuble and a white dalmatic with very childlike sleeves and purple stripes.Head The figures have slenderly long hair at the back. Maximianus is somewhat bold and has a itty-bitty rim and mustache, just like some other men portrayed. Accesoires Justinian wears a two-tired gemstone encrusted crown on his head and an opulent brooch that is fastened at his rght shoulder. Maximianus wears a pallium around his neck, a white wool strip which is decorated with a cross. The two-piece suit girls, mosaic, 4th century AD, Roman Villa of Casale, Italy. Note This piece of art, dati ng from the Diocletian period (186-305 AD) is evidence that the Romans were one of the first to wear a bikini.Although the woman depicted are wearing a bikini as sportswear and not as swimwear. Body The female atheltes are wearing a two-piece swimsuit that resembles the bikini as we know it today. The top part covers the breasts and has no elastic bands tied around the arms, but is probably kept in place at the back. The bottom part, looks like it is a piece of fabric that is folded around the womans trim back body. Head The woman have different hairstyles. Most of them have their hair tied back, which is more comfortable when playing sports.Others have long hair that falls on their shoulders. Accessories One of the woman in the centre is wearing a headpiece made of flowers, she is probably wearing it because she won the competition. The consular diptych of Manlius Boetius, who was consul in 487 AD, Santa Giulia Museum, Brescia, Italy. Note This artwork resembles the type of clothi ng worn by the Barberians and Nomads. Their clothing style was more practical than that of the Romans and consisted of loose and simple garments. Body Boetius wears an embroidered woollen toga which reaches the ankles.The toga has long sleeves, is draped around the body and wrapped around the right hip. Head/ Accesoires. It looks like Boetius is wearing a diadem of goldon leaves on his head. This is a picture of Charlemagne is an example of how the fine linen and silk togas of the Romans disappeared and were replaced by the clothing of the less civilized people, the Romans had called Barbarians and Goths. Charlemagne always wore the traditional costume of the Frankish people. Body He is wearing a blue silk cloak which is trimmed with bands of decoration. His legs are covered by a hose and he wears shoes at his feet.On top of his cloak he wears a red/ chocolate-brownish mantel that is loosly draped around his shoulders and fastened with a brooche at his right shoulder. The mantel i s deorated at the neckline. Head/ Accesoires On his head he wears a prospering crown, embellished ith jewels. This template from the Middle-Ages shows what the knights would wear. The knits are wering under clthes that consists of a linen under-shirt and linen under pants. These would prevent the armor from chafing the Knights skin. They woul also wear a padded garment, known as a Doublet, that consisted of a quilted coat which was either sewn or stuffed with linen .It served as padding for additional armour worn over the top. Woollen stockings cover their legs and over their armour they wear a robe which is fastenedaround the waist, known as a Surcoat. The surcoat is emblazoned with the cote of arms or turn of the Knight in order to identify the knight in the battle. On their head they were a helmetwhich is slightly pointed at the back. Nicephorus III and Officers, c. 1074-1081, Bibliotheque nationale de France Manuscript Coislin. This painting of the Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus iII, is a good example of Byzantine regal costume. The emperor is magnificently attired in Byzantine silk.Over his blue and goldon tunic he wears a darker bue cloak, fastened by a gold-and-ruby brooch and decorated with a large tablion, woven of gold thread. On his head he wears a bejewelled crown and around his neck a superhumeral, which is a imperial decorative peg. The Arnolfini Portrait, Jan van Eyck, 1434, Oil on oak, National Gallery, London. This painting is believed to be a portrait of the Italian merchant Giovanni di Nicolao Arnofili and his wife. It is a very possible painting and therefore a good example of Late mediaeval costume. The two figures are richly dressed.The mans tabard, a short sleeveless cape, and womans dress are both lined with fur, judging from this we can say that they are both wearing their outerwear. The womans dress has elaborate dagging (cloth folded and sewn together, then cut and wear out decoratively) on the sleeves and a long train. Underne ath her green dress, she wears a blue underdress which is trimmed with white fur and has long tight sleeves. The mans tabard is made from purple silk and has long full sleeves which are tight at the wrists. Head The man wears a hat of plaited straw, dyed black, as often worn in the summer all the time.The woman wears a white cotton wimple on her head. Accesoires The woman wears a brown slash belt around her waist. The only other jewelry visible are the womans plain gold necklace and rings. Rogier van der Weyden, Portrait of a Lady, c. 1460, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C. Van der Weyden portrayed this woman in high fashionable clothing. The woman wears an elegant low-cut black dress with dark bands of fur at the neck and wrists. This type of clothing resembles the then-fashionable Burgundian style, which emphasises on the pompous and thin aesthetic of the Gothic ideal.The dress is buckled with a bright red sash below her breasts. The buckle is gold. Head On her head she wears a buff-coloured hennin headdress that is draped with a large transparent veil, which spills over her shoulders, stretching her upper arms. The veil forms a diamond shape and matches the transparent put worn under her dress. Her hair is pulled backwards in a tight knot. Accessories The woman wears a gold necklace and 2 rings around her fingers. SantOrsola e le compagne, miniatura, 1380 , Parigi, Biblioteca Nazionale Body The women are wearing dresses with a low round neckline.The top of the dresses fit closely to the body while the skirt hangs loose and has several pleats. The sleeves are long and wide at the cuffs. The underdress is of a different colour and visible at the wrists and its sleeves fit tightly around the arms. Some dresses have a simple print. Head The woman wear a hat that consists of a frame of wirework, covered with embroidery or other trimmings. Titian, Portrait of Philip II of Spain (1527-1598), 16th century, oil on canvas. Body Philip II is wearing a sil k doublet in a gold/brown colour with a decorative print.The pants, breeches, he is wearing, falls just above the knees and is of the same fabric as the doublet. Under the breeches he wears a white hose. Philip also wears a mandilion on top of his outfit, a loose hip-length coat that is decorated with a pattern. Head Phillip has his hair cut very short and a tiny beard and pointed moustache. Accessories Accessories were very definitive in the 16th century as they represented wealth. Phillip wears several bracelets and rings and a necklace. Shoes Philip wears simple white silk flat shoes. Marcus Gheerraerts the Younger, Portrait of Elisabeth I, c. 592, National Portrait Gallery, London. Body Elisabeth I wears a crimson gown that is barleycorn visible on either side of her waist. The gown has a white satin lining that matches the petticoat, bodice and hanging sleeves. Her petticoat is pinned to a cartwheel farthingale. The bodice has a broad, low, lusty neckline and ends in a V-shap e at the front of the waist. The shoulders are very wide and puff. Head/ Accessories Elisabeth I wears gloves and a van in her hands. Her jewellery consists of several necklaces of pearls reaching the waist, a flower shaped necklace and some beads in her hair.She also has a high standing ruff around her neck of a transparent fabric and a crown on the back of her head. Giovanni Battista Moroni, An Italian Tailor, c. 1570, National Gallery London. Body The Italian Tailor wears a light pink, tight fitted doublet over a heavily padded red hose. The doublet is fastened by a row of pearl buttons at the centre front. His white blouse, worn underneath the doublet, has some small ruffles at the cuffs and the neckline. Head His hair is cut short and he has a small beard and moustache. Accessories The man only wears a brown leather belt around his waist.Manteau, ca. 1685-90, Contemporary fashion plate by Bonnard Body The woman wears a mantua. Instead of a bodice and skirt cut separately, the m antua hung from the shoulders to the floor. This mantua is looped and draped over a contrasting petticoat. The dress has a low squared neckline and short puffed sleeves that reach just below the elbows. The petticoat is fastened at the centre front with decorative buckles. Both petticoat and mantua are embellished with a print. Head The womans curly hair is worn swept up into a high pile. She also wears a scarf in her hair.Accessories She has some bracelets around her left wrist and wears a cross formed necklace. Portrait, c. 1660, France Body The man wears a large simple dark coat that is embroidered on the left shoulder. Underneath this he wears a long-sleeved ruffled white shirt, which can only be seen at the wrists. A small falling collar with round edges, made of lace, hangs around his neck. Head The man doesnt wear a wig and shoes his natural long dark hairy hair. He has little facial hair around his lips. Fashion plate, denim de St Jean, 1688, France Body