Hi Margaret-- Could you please reference the Bronzino paintings you wrote about? I am VERY interested ... Thanks- Monica
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of margaret Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 12:08 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] looking for tudor/elizabethan references This is not Tudor or Elizabethan, but Bronzino did at leasttwo of the same person in the same dress with different sleeves. Margaret > > Help!! > > My consort and I are preparing a class about visual sources and why they > should not be taken as 100% gospel when doing costuming research, and as > usual once I get past about 1300 I hit a snag. :-) If you want to > discourse on the changes in sleeve geometry from 1200 to 1300 in England > and France, I'm your girl. Anything after that, though, and I am at a > total loss. Our stated time frame is up to 1600, and we have sources up to > and including 1300. However, we would also like to use examples from post > 1300 as well, and that's where I come to all you later-period specialists. > > I have been told that there are several portraits out there, by the same > artist, of different sitters, but using the same or almost the same dress. > Is this in fact the case, and if so, where can I find images of these > portraits? > > My consort tells me that there are also portraits of various male members > of a family all portrayed in the same suit of armor--again, if anyone has > any references I can chase down that would be incredibly helpful. > > And yes, I plan on using the portrait of Elizabeth in the eyes-and-ears > gown as an example of symbolism. > > Many many many thanks, > > pixel/Jen > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
