It might also be worthwhile to look at historic martial arts
(http://www.thehaca.com/, www.mashs.org and similar) for people
interested in period play. I know the SCA does some of this but I
don't know how invested they are in true period fighting techniques -
I fence with MASHS and their devotion
As several folks have already mentioned, this gold braid is also called
plait stitch and Jane Zimmerman has instructions for doing it in one of
her books on Elizabethan embroidery.
Leon Conrad also has a different idea on how to do this stitch. His
website seems to be down right now (
The irony of this gives me a great deal of satisfaction, for some reason. ;-
Joannah
--- Chris Laning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
snip
The amusing thing, my friend said, is that the director clearly didn't know
enough about the period portraits to spot when the costumers _did_ lift
something
Interesting forensic info.
His forensic investigation revealed that Cosimo I's wife Eleonora da
Toledo (1522-1562), beautifully portrayed by Agnolo Bronzino in a painting
on display at the National Gallery in Prague, was five feet tall (1.58
meter), had a protruding chin, twisted legs,
Can you give us the painting info? I only get one page of images and
the 7th one down is:
*
Altarpiece of the Lamentation (central)*
Oil on wood, 145 x 206 cm
Musée du Louvre, Paris
Sg
McClure, Kate wrote:
The image is from the artist Joos van Cleve (found under the C's) on his
third page,
Sorry for the cross post
This is a new to me painting http://www.wga.hu/index1.html
http://www.wga.hu/index1.html*
CLEVE, Joos van*
Portrait of Agniete van den Rijne
Oil on oak, 40 x 29 cm
Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede
'Spose this lady has 3 garments on besides her chemise?. I just have
My guess is tassels, hanging from two cords forming a V-shape.
-Helen/Aidan
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At 01:45 PM 9/27/2005, you wrote:
they look like tassels connected to the network over her chemise. the
original hootchie-cootchie dancer?
LynnD
On 9/27/05, McClure, Kate [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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The image is from the artist Joos van Cleve (found under the C's) on his
third page,
The SCA in general does not do period fighting techniques, they have
their own style of fighting which has developed from what the society
chose as safety precautions (rattan weapons, full armour). You might
find some individuals in some areas exploring the old manuals, but that
is not
Rapier (or fencing) in the SCA runs the gamut from those who fence in a style
close to modern sport fencing to those who are fairly serious researchers of
period techniques of the 15th through 16th C through translation and redaction
of period manuals.
Wendy
-Original Message-
From:
Yes, you have them in the correct order
Directorie: Basically 1795-1799. A very short period, but full of
fashion extremes on the streets of Paris. Heideloff's Gallery of
Fashion is a good source of plates from the fashion perspective of
Great Britain. While the change in men's fashions confined
they look like tassels connected to the network over her chemise. the original
hootchie-cootchie dancer?
LynnD
*snort*
You forgot the drink warning on that one . . .
They look like tassels to me. I'm not a religious iconography expert, but I bet
she's supposed to be Mary Magdalen, and that
Jean Waddie wrote:
None! If I'm travelling by train or plane I get Marie-Claire or Red,
and I get really fed up of reading the good articles at the front, and
then having to pay for, and lug around, all the
fashion/make-up/food/interiors/travel which doesn't interest me at all.
Wish you
Greetings--
The SCA in general does not do period fighting techniques, they have their
own style of fighting which has developed from what the society chose as
safety precautions (rattan weapons, full armour). You might find some
individuals in some areas exploring the old manuals, but that
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