Quoting michaela <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Of course! Think about Anne of Cleves dress. If all you knew was English Tudor, you'd swear that was a Fantasy/Allegorical gown.Oh boy... I have discussed this one on my livejournal as I recently read the most appalling disection of the sybolism in the painting ... I found a quote online which I then tracked down in a bio about Holbein: About the bands of trim on her skirt, "The one on her left is not complemented by one on her right. Furthermore, her right hand and the fall of her left undersleeve draw attention to the discrepancy. This sends a signal to the viewer that, despite the ornateness of the costume, there is something amiss, a certain clumsiness.[...] Thus 'tait (a) gauche, pas a droit' (band on the left, not on the right') sounds like 'tres gauche, pas adroit' ('very awkward, not skilful')
Oh, yeah, right! >rolls eyes< Even Freud said it, "sometimes a cigar is just a cigar" I think that the gown is lovely (I want to make one in Teal, but that's neither here nor there). My only context in including it there was to show that to eyes used to English clothing of the period, that it would look wierd, or fanciful, or whatever -- not that I thought it was an allegorical garment. I think that page that you have with the German thumbmails is a wonderful resource for this type of garment! Susan ----- Susan Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Tennessee Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology http://www.goldsword.com/sfarmer/Trillium/ _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
