Renaissance and medieval costume
By: edited by Camille Bonnard ; illustrations by Paul Mercuri.
Contributors: Bonnard, Camille.
Series: Dover pictorial archive series
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Mineola, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 119
ISBN-13: 9780486465142
Subjects: Clothing and dress -- Europe -- History -- Pictorial works; Clothing and dress -- Europe -- History; Renaissance; Middle Ages
Genres: Pictorial works.
Work titles: Costumes historiques des XIIe, XIIIe, XIVe et XVe siècles.
Description: "Maidens in tasseled gowns and elaborate headpieces. Jousting knights in armor with swords and breastplates. Young men in flowing robes and wide-brimmed hats, others on horseback with decorative trappings. This superb collection displays a detailed gallery of costumes worn in the eleventh century through the fifteenth century, with captions translated from the original French of scholar Camille Bonnard and magnificent illustrations by Roman artist and engraver Paul Mercuri. Historically authentic, the images are based on figures from period paintings, frescoes, sculptures, and illuminated manuscripts in museums and churches of Italy's culturally rich cities, including Milan, Florence, and Rome."--Back cover.
Notes: "Based on the second enlarged edition of Costumes historiques des XIIe, XIIIe, XIVe et XVe siècles. Three volumes. Paris: A. Levy Fils, 1860. A new introductory note has been specially prepared for this edition"--T.p. verso.