Costume and Ornament of the Middle Ages in Full Color

Costume and Ornament of the Middle Ages in Full Color
Author: Henry Shaw
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2012-07-12
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0486141861

More than a pictorial archive of medieval dress and decoration, this beautiful collection is also valuable for its discerning scholarship. A magnificent compilation of artwork from Henry Shaw's detailed study of court life in the Middle Ages, this splendid book provides a grand display of medieval figures and fashions of the times. Reproduced directly from Shaw's original, hand-colored plates and identified by brief captions, more than 200 superb illustrations depict knights in battle, ladies in waiting, kings, queens, popes, and commoners, as well as armor and weapons, jewelry, and other decorative accessories. Skillfully adapted from rare paintings, illuminated manuscripts, tapestries, textiles, and stained glass windows, these lovely illustrations will be invaluable to fashion historians and costume designers. Craftworkers will find them equally useful.

Racinet's Full-color Pictorial History of Western Costume

Racinet's Full-color Pictorial History of Western Costume
Author: Auguste Racinet
Publisher: Dover
Total Pages: 104
Release: 1987
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN:

Superb royalty-free plates from rare original edition of famed sourcebook depicts military, civil, and religious garb from France, Spain, Italy, Holland, Germany, Scotland, Russia, and Poland.

Medieval and Renaissance Fashion

Medieval and Renaissance Fashion
Author: Raphaƫl Jacquemin
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 98
Release: 2012-09-21
Genre: Design
ISBN: 0486140997

Drawn from the Louvre and other prestigious collections, these illustrations by a noteworthy 19th century fashion historian form a gallery of iconic portraits, featuring soldiers, nobles, and commons in their finest apparel.

A Pictorial History of Costume From Ancient Times to the Nineteenth Century

A Pictorial History of Costume From Ancient Times to the Nineteenth Century
Author: Wolfgang Bruhn
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2013-02-27
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 0486137139

Classic pictorial history of fashion from around the world depicts costumes over the centuries, from ancient Egyptians wearing pleated loincloths to well-dressed Parisian ladies of the late 1800s. 57 color plates. 69 black-and-white plates.

Dress and Decoration of the Middle Ages

Dress and Decoration of the Middle Ages
Author: Henry Shaw
Publisher:
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2000-06-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9780788192128

Originally written in the 1840s and published in 1858, Shaw's book is an essential work for the study of the life and history of the Middle Ages. His colorful prose enables us to experience the essence of medieval civilization from the point of view of a scholar who had access to a staggering variety of original source material from England and Continental Europe. He presents intimate portraits of the important people -- royal, political, and ecclesiastical -- of the Middle Ages, as well as conveying an understanding of the popular tastes of the common people of the times. Each full-color illustration is reproduced directly from Shaw's original hand-colored plates.

English Costume of the Later Middle Ages

English Costume of the Later Middle Ages
Author: Iris Brooke
Publisher: Joseph Press
Total Pages: 88
Release: 2008-10
Genre: Design
ISBN: 1443759422

Originally published in 1897, this early works is a fascinating novel of the period and still an interesting read today. Contents include; The function of Latin, Chansons De Geste, The Matter of Britain, Antiquity in Romance, The making of English and the settlement of European Prosody, Middle High German Poetry, The 'Fox, ' The 'Rose, ' and the minor Contributions of France, Icelandic and Provencal, The Literature of the Peninsulas, and Conclusion..... Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwor

Clothing in the Middle Ages

Clothing in the Middle Ages
Author: Lynne Elliott
Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2004
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780778713517

Describes the making and wearing of clothing in the Middle Ages.

Victorian Sourcebook of Medieval Decoration

Victorian Sourcebook of Medieval Decoration
Author: William Audsley
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
Total Pages: 68
Release: 1991
Genre: Color decoration and ornament
ISBN: 9780486268347

Meticulously reproduced motifs from rare 1882 edition, with informative introduction and notes on original plates. Diaper patterns, medallions for ornamental devices, pillars and arch moldings, bands and borders, floral and foliated designs, alphabets, illuminated initials, much more. Royalty-free designs ideal for visual inspiration or immediate practical use. Introduction. Notes.