World fashion history
ELEVEN NN
385RenaissanceF16.docxHUM 385 Cultural History of Fashion (Alternatives to Nudity)
Renaissance (re-introduction of "Classical" knowledge in Europe, beginning in the south and moving north)
Emergence of European nations and middle (merchant) class
Shift from religious concerns to human experience – “Humanism”
Exploration of the environment and the globe, science, "the new world"
Flourishing of Art (including portraits) and Architecture
13/14th Century
ART Giotto, Fra Angelico
RELIGION Inquisition
LITERATURE Dante, Chauser, Bacon
EDUCATION Guilds, First Universities
EXPLORATION Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta
houppelande (M & F robe)
pourpoint (M tunic)
hennin (F hat)
chaperon (M hat)
codpiece (braguette)
stays (F torso shaper)
14/15th Century
ART Botticelli, da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael
RELIGION Torquemada, Gutenberg, Borgias, Loyola
LITERATURE Villon, Dante, More, del Encina
EDUCATION Chrysoloras, Manutius
EXPLORATION Columbus, Diaz, Cadomosto, Cabot
pourpoint (M tunic)
mellon/pumpkin breeches (M pants)
robe/gown (F dress)
corset (F)
verdugo (F dome shaped skirt)
farthingale (F skirt support)
bumroll
15/16th Century
ART: Holbein, Brueghel, Caravaggio, Titian, El Greco
RELIGION: Pope Leo X, Luther, Calvin, Nostradamus
LITERATURE: Machiavelli, Rabelais, Cervantes, Shakespeare
SCIENCES: Copernicus, Galileo, Mercator, Gilbert, Brahe
EXPLORATION: Vespucci, da Gama, Drake, Magellan, Coronado
doublet (M tunic)
slops/venetian breeches (M pants)
bodice and skirt (F)
farthingale (F skirt support)
Catherine's wheel
virago (puffs and slashes)
ruff /whisk (collar)
