Mardi Gras Treasures: Costume Designs of the Golden Age - Hardcover

Schindler, Henri

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1565547241 ISBN 13: 9781565547247

Publisher: Pelican Publishing Co, 2002

Synopsis

Mardi Gras Treasures "Presented in this collection are stunning examples of original costume designs as rendered in watercolor and lithographs-- most of them reproduced here for the first time, including some whose artists were, until now, unknown."--Provided by publisher. Full description

About this title

Synopsis:

The fantastic costumes of Carnival's Golden Age (1870-1930) depicted themes drawn from mythology, epic literature, history, nature, and whimsy. Beginning with the first tableaux and pageant balls of the Twelfth Night Revellers, Rex, and the Knights of Momus, Golden Age costume design was a tremendous spectacle of whimsy, mythology and satire. Costumes included an extraordinary array of creatures: demons, fairies, magicians, animals and vegetables (real and imagined), and a host of others. Many of the artists and designers who created the fabled pageants have remained obscure or unknown, their tremendous body of work largely forgotten. Presented in this collection are stunning examples of original costume designs as rendered in water colour and lithographs -- most of them reproduced here for the first time, including some whose artists were, until now, unknown.

About the Author:

Henri Schindler, a New Orleans native, is the acclaimed designer of Mardi Gras parades and balls for some of the city's most eminent societies. He is highly regarded among Carnival historians for his knowledge of the festival's rich cultural legacy, and of its forgotten artists and builders.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pelican Publishing Co
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1565547241
• ISBN 13: 9781565547247
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 160