One thoing I do with my SCA apprentices is show the drawings/ engravings in the bad costume references next to the original artwork. It really opens their eyes.
Monica -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Andrew Trembley Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 11:44 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] A good use for bad costume books Robin Netherton wrote: > Schaeffer, Astrida wrote: >> And please, please, if you >> have Peacock's history of costume (that one's a modern abomination), >> take it out and burn it. It has nothing but impossible line drawings and >> no facts to back anything up. If only I could make all copies disappear >> from library shelves.... > > Even better than burning it, send it to the Robin Netherton Home for > Wayward Bad Costume Books. I have a shelf full of unreliable sources > that I consult frequently when I'm trying to track down the origins of > a misconception and to sort out the sequence of a chain of erroneous > interpretations. I love discredited sources. On numerous occasions I've threatened to do historical masquerade entries based on known discredited sources (including the idea of doing ancient Egyptian based on Rosicrucian Society dogma for CC23 in Ogden, Utah at the Peery Egyptian Theater). andy _______________________________________________ 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
