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  Medieval Dress and Fashion (Paperback) By (author) Margaret Scott

  

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  Short Description for Medieval Dress and FashionFocuses on medieval dress as it is depicted in the illuminated manuscript, and discusses the advantages and disadvantages of illuminations as source material. This book is of interest to art historians and costume designers and those interested in the colourful period of medieval dress and fashion.
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  • Publisher: The British Library Publishing Division
  • Published: 01 October 2009
  • Format: Paperback 208 pages
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  • Categories: Fashion & Textiles: Design | History Of Fashion | Fashion & Society | European History | Medieval History | Social & Cultural History
  • ISBN 13: 9780712350679 ISBN 10: 0712350675
  • Sales rank: 278,814

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• Illuminated manuscripts are widely regarded as beautiful works of art in their own right, but if examined closely, they also reveal a wealth of information about the people depicted within them. Often these images are taken at face value, and assumed to depict everyday clothing at any given time: but illuminators often used dress, and elements within it, to help give nuances to the events they were painting, that contemporary viewers would have understood. Dress historian, Margaret Scott sets about meticulously unraveling the messages about rank, aspiration, belief and occupation encoded within these images. This is the first book deliberately to focus on dress as it is depicted in the illuminated manuscript, and to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of illuminations as source material. Overall, this title provides a visual feast and rich historical source that will prove invaluable to art historians, costume designers and all those interested in this colourful period.