I'm thinking #14 would be more Hungarian than Polish-- I've never seen such aprons on a Polish costume-- But in truth I fear the task will be made that much more difficult by the liberties taken by the artist. For example the red strapless front-lace bustier garment in #14 is sheer invention...
My guesses: 1 Greek (ancient) 2 Scottish sword dance 3 Dutch (the shoes!) 4 Aztec or Inca 5 Siam? Balinese? 6 Germany-- those are Lederhosen for sure 7 hmm... they seem to be holding boomerangs... Maori? 8 Siam? Balinese? 9 ancient Egypt 10 American Indian (am useless with further differentiation other than in general Plains) 11 some sort of Far Araby... that's a eunuch if ever I saw one, and those bare breasts and thin girl vs. enormous and slightly sinister man seem right out of Arabian Nights fantasy 12 Japan 13 definitely Russia 14 generic Slavic or Hungarian (not sure Polish would have been depicted....as a nation Poland had just come out of over a century of non-existence, though it did briefly exist again as a sovereign nation in the 20s so maybe it was in vogue...) 15 Italy? the tambourine and his breeches.... 16 Polynesian 17 hmmm... the horizontally striped apron is distinctive, but no idea. ******************************* Astrida Schaeffer, Assistant Director The Art Gallery, University of New Hampshire Paul Creative Arts Center 30 College Road Durham, NH 03824-3538 603-862-0310 FAX: 603-862-2191 www.unh.edu/art-gallery ******************************* -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sat 4/5/2008 8:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [h-cost] Help! Please! Cultural Dancers in Costumes De4ar Penny, Here's a few more guesses to throw in the ring. #4 - looks Aztec or Mayan from the headdresses. #14 - Hungarian or perhaps Polish? (taking it from the woman's red boots) #15 - Greek? #17 - French ? Briitany? #20? 1770-1790 - this is supposed to be depicting AMERICAN dancing?? This is after our Revolution and I don't thing anyone in America would have been looking like this.? Perhaps a European court doing a minuet? Anyway, there's my two cents with guessing. Hope it can help some. Donna Scarfe Fyne Hats By Felicity Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2008 05:17:48 -0400 From: "Penny Ladnier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [h-cost] Help! Please! Cultural Dancers in Costumes I need help...please! I am so much out of my comfort zone. I have a slideshow online of the ballroom ceiling of the Ringling's Ca d'Zan Mansion in Sarasota, Florida. The ceiling is called "Dancers of the World." There are 17 hand-painted medallions of cultural dancers. I need help with what countries and dances represented in the medallions. These were painted in the 1920s exclusively for the mansion by children's book illustrator / Broadway costume and set designer, William Andrew "Willy" Pogany. He was also a designer for the Zeigfeld Follies. He was friends with John and Mabel Ringling, the mansion's owner. He painted the medallions in his NYC studio and then applied them to the ballroom ceiling in Florida. I also need help with the photos 18-21. The curator said that these were titled "Four Corners of American-born Dances." He told me that photos 18 & 19 dates represented but I can't recall the dances. I am not really sure that I have the dates correct for photos 20 & 21. And again, do not recall the dances. If you are able to answer my questions, please refer to the photo number on the slideshow headers in your answer. The slideshow can be seen at http://www.costumegallery.info/ . Please make sure to use .INFO and not .COM . When you go to the slideshow, make sure to click on the enlarged view...it looks like the number 7 on the right side of the menu. Many, many thanks in advance for your help. Penny Ladnier, Owner, The Costume Gallery Websites www.costumegallery.com www.costumelibrary.com www.costumeclassroom.com www.costumeencyclopedia.com _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
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