By Margarita Gleba, Cherine Munkholt, Marie-Louise Nosch
Minoan girls, Scythian warriors, Roman and Sarmatian retailers, prehistoric weavers, gold sheet figures, Vikings, Medieval saints and sinners, Renaissance noblemen, Danish peasants, dressmakers and Hollywood stars seem within the pages of this anthology. this isn't unavoidably how they wearing the previous, yet how the authors of this e-book imagine they wearing the prior, and why they believe so. No reader of this book Read more...
summary: Minoan girls, Scythian warriors, Roman and Sarmatian retailers, prehistoric weavers, gold sheet figures, Vikings, Medieval saints and sinners, Renaissance noblemen, Danish peasants, dressmakers and Hollywood stars look within the pages of this anthology. this isn't unavoidably how they wearing the earlier, yet how the authors of this booklet imagine they wearing the previous, and why they believe so. No reader of this ebook will ever examine a reconstructed dress in a museum or at a old pageant, or watch a movie with a historical subject matter back with out a heightened know-how of ways, why, and from what resources, the costumes have been reconstructed. The seventeen individuals come from various disciplines: archaeologists, historians, curators with ethnological and anthropological backgrounds, designers, a weaver, a conservator and a pupil of favor in cinema, and are all experts drawn to historical or historic costume who desire to percentage their wisdom and services with scholars, pastime fanatics and the final reader
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And, recently, analysis of carbon isotopes from a tree trapped in the ash layer has given a destruction date of 1627–1600 (Friedrich et al. 2006). The discussion on the destruction date will probably continue. However, for the purposes of this chapter, it is important to note that the destruction of Thera created a freeze-frame in which Minoan life and material culture was preserved. Thus, the destruction gives us a kind of snap-shot of the life of the last inhabitants. The island of Thera literally exploded when the volcano erupted.
The anthology originated in a series of lectures given by The Danish National Research Foundation’s Centre for Textile Research to students at the Design School in Kolding, Denmark in spring 2006. The contributors come from a variety of backgrounds such as archaeology, ancient history, ethnology, design, professional weaving, museum and media studies. They have been given a free hand in choosing their perspective and approach to the subject and have selected a number of issues for discussion, in order to demonstrate the importance of being critical of sources when dealing with ancient or historical dress, while presenting their methods, reflections and results.
The book is conceived as a handbook by specialists for non-specialists. Our aim is to show the wide range of disciplines involved in textile research, and also the multitude of topics which can be investigated through the study of dress. The anthology originated in a series of lectures given by The Danish National Research Foundation’s Centre for Textile Research to students at the Design School in Kolding, Denmark in spring 2006. The contributors come from a variety of backgrounds such as archaeology, ancient history, ethnology, design, professional weaving, museum and media studies.