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Attired: Perspectives on Historical Costume

Attired: Perspectives on Historical Costume

Eluwawalage, Damayanthie

Hardcover

Series: History of Art

Literary CriticismFashion & AccessoriesGeneral Design

ISBN10: 1648898521
ISBN13: 9781648898525
Publisher: Vernon Press
Published: Feb 20 2024
Pages: 146
Weight: 0.78
Height: 0.38 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

This publication explores the integrative narratives of historical costume in the novel universal perspective of literature, leisure, ornamentation, customs/traditions, and theoretical contexts. The adaptation, mutation, and transformation of attire are the result of complex interactions between many factors, such as economic conditions, political conditions, social conditions, psychological conditions, and technology. The meanings encoded in the costume are one of the noticeable hallmarks of any society. This proposed book investigates multidisciplinary topics, for instance, embellishments such as needlework and embroidery; the historical concept of fight, physical encounter, combat, or bout and its connection with related-attire; the contribution of dress to the narrative process of Virgil's 'Aeneid'; and the theory and philosophy of fashion.

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