Medieval and Renaissance Fashion (Dover Fashion and Costumes) - Softcover
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Synopsis
Knights clad in chain mail populate these pages, alongside crowned heads in royal regalia and common folk in their finest apparel. Scrupulously authentic in every detail, these images offer colorful portraits that span centuries of fashion, from the Middle Ages through the Renaissance.
Raphaël Jacquemin was preeminent among the fashion illustrators and historians of nineteenth-century Europe's golden age of fashion design publications. His 1869 Iconographie Générale et Méthodique du Costume du IV au XIX Siècle drew upon manuscripts, reliefs, and effigies from the Louvre, university libraries, and other archives for the most striking and accurate fashion statements from the fourth through seventeenth centuries. This collection features ninety of Jacquemin's magnificent hand-colored engravings, a gallery of iconic portraits that have served as museum exhibits in their own right. Fashion designers, artists, costumers, and others seeking authenticity of period detail&;as well as inspiration for contemporary styles&;will find this book a splendid resource.
Raphaël Jacquemin was preeminent among the fashion illustrators and historians of nineteenth-century Europe's golden age of fashion design publications. His 1869 Iconographie Générale et Méthodique du Costume du IV au XIX Siècle drew upon manuscripts, reliefs, and effigies from the Louvre, university libraries, and other archives for the most striking and accurate fashion statements from the fourth through seventeenth centuries. This collection features ninety of Jacquemin's magnificent hand-colored engravings, a gallery of iconic portraits that have served as museum exhibits in their own right. Fashion designers, artists, costumers, and others seeking authenticity of period detail&;as well as inspiration for contemporary styles&;will find this book a splendid resource.
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Taken from the Louvre and other museums, this incredible gallery of manuscript illustrations, reliefs, and effigies offers an intriguing look at fashions from 315 to 1815. Images include French soldiers, German knights, and figures such as the Duke of Normandy. It is a dover original selection from "Iconographie Generale Methodique du Costume du IV au XIX Siecle", L'Autheur, Paris, 1867.
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