Quoting Hope Greenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
I agree with you about that multi-panel skirt--fascinating! Here's a
bit of a close-up:
http://www.uvm.edu/%7Ehag/sca/15th/weyden2.jpg
I've always liked that one. Looks like it was made from The Remnant Bag
[funny, how all the pieces look alike instead of "patchwork!" :-)] It
would be an interesting exercise to do some math on that painting and
come up with a size for those little trapezoids! Let's see, there's
2.5 from her waist to her knee so that puts them in the 6-8" tall
range. Reckon that this skirt *was* produced from the cabbage?
Though I don't have scans of them, there are a couple non-Italian
15th cent. depictions of women in sleeveless gowns. One was either
Netherlandish or German--a woman attending the birth of the Virgin
Mary--but I'll have to go look it up.
You'll have to let us know what the paintings are when you get the
information -- they may be online somewher!
Susan
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Susan Farmer
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University of Tennessee
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
http://www.goldsword.com/sfarmer/Trillium/
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