> There's a nice book on Spanish costume, entitled [strangely enough] > "Hispanic Costume 1480- 1530" by R. M. Anderson (1979), where the > author has pulled together artwork of the period and grouped it by > garment type to show the development of styles. It's a great place > to get started if you're interested in this era.
And it's more than just a picture book;) There are samples of texts that collaborate what is seen in art. There are examples real people wearing what the saints do in the artwork and vice versa- to a degree anyway, there are probably symbols in the costume to signify these are important people from the past. I have seen hoops on figures depicting real women but they had the four panel over skirt on top. More hoops as per the Salome image: http://www.oronoz.com/leefoto.php?referencia=15099 While the ladies are probably depicted in such a way that they would read as antique or foreign to the intended audience the hooped skirts themselves do match to the texts very well. One fashion was to have hoops contrast in colour as ell as texture. Apparently a deep red (crimson I think) and green were a favourite combination. This is from Hispanic Costume and the author comparing the colours in several text (inventories and wardrobe accounts etc.) Michaela http://glittersweet.com _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
