Fashion in the Age of the Black Prince A Study of the Years 1340-1365

1340 to 1363 were years remarkable for dramatic developments in fashion and for extravagant spending on costume, foreshadowing the later luxury of Richard II's court. Stella Mary Newton has broken new ground with this detailed study of a short period in the history of fashion (with the possible exception of recent books of the 1920s and 1930s); there is certainly no other single book which discusses fourteenth-century costume in comparable depth. Ms Newtondraws on surviving accounts from the Royal courts, and the evidence of chronicles and poetry (often from unpublished manuscripts), and contemporary paintings. Her exploration of aspects of chivalry, particularly the choice of mottoes and devices worn at tournaments, and of the exchange of gifts of clothing between reigning monarchs, offers new insights into the social history of the times, and she has much to say that is crucial to the study of illuminated manuscripts of the fourteenth century. STELLA MARY NEWTON's lifelong interest in costume has been the mainspring of her work, from early days as a stage and costume designer (including designing the costumes for the firstproduction of T.S. Eliot's Murder in the Cathedral) to her later work at the National Gallery advising on the implications of costume for the purpose of dating, and at the Courtauld Institute where she set up the department for the study of the history of dress.

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Titel	Fashion in the Age of the Black Prince A Study of the Years 1340-1365
Artikelnummer	9b3ef240-dc32-409a-acc4-64c1e41e76ea
Uitgever	Boydell & Brewer
Auteur	Stella Mary Newton
Jaartal	1980
Band	Nee
Druk	N/B
Bladzijden	162
Staat	Als nieuw
Toelichting op staat	Boek in in mooie staat, omslag licht beschadiging.
ISBN-13	9780851151250