Name/Title
The worldwide history of dressEntry/Object ID
GT511.A63 2007Description
"The definitive costume book: a glorious celebration of ethnographic clothing that brilliantly traces influences from culture to culture around the globe. From Neolithic plant-fiber skirts, Ancient Egyptian linen shifts, and Classical togas through Mongolian shamanic robes, Japanese kimonos, and Indian saris to nineteenth-century Tyrolean dirndls, contemporary African ceremonial attire, and today's Middle Eastern burqas, every notable geographical region, historical period, and style of dress is covered here. All aspects of dress and accessories are discussed: basic men's and women's clothing, footwear, outerwear, hairstyles, headgear, jewelry, armor, special costumes, garment decoration, and face and body modification. More than one thousand illustrations include both vintage and modern-day photographs of local people in local clothing; color plates of museum-quality artifacts on display or posed on mannequins; historical paintings, miniatures, woodblock prints, and other artworks showing traditional clothing; line drawings illustrating traditional motifs and designs; and more than fifty specially commissioned maps. As well as discovering remarkable examples of actual garments and accessories, Patricia R. Anawalt has unearthed stunning representations of authentic worldwide dress in the form of statues, figurines, busts, stone plaques, monumental carvings, friezes, murals, mosaics, and pottery. Historical backgrounds on each region include descriptions of population, geography, and climate, allowing the reader to understand fully the development of an area's clothing customs."Acquisition
Source (if not Accessioned)
Nancy MicklewrightNotes
Gift of Nancy Micklewright, July 2025.Lexicon
Search Terms
ethnic costume--history--pictorial worksBook Details
Author
Patricia Reiff AnawaltPublisher
Thames & HudsonDate Published
2007ISBN
9780500513637Notes
Length: 608General Notes
Note Type
ContentsNote
1. The Middle East -- The Ancient Near East -- The Arabian Peninsula -- The Eastern Mediterranean -- The Iranian Plateau -- 2. Europe -- Prehistoric Europe -- Classical Europe -- The European folk tradition -- 3. Central Asia -- Mongolia -- The Silk Road -- 4. East Asia -- China -- Korea -- Japan -- 5. South Asia -- India -- The Himalayan Kingdoms -- 6. Southeast Asia -- Mainland -- Island -- 7. Oceania -- Australia -- Melanesia -- Micronesia -- Polynesia -- 8. North America -- The Arctic -- The Northwest Coast -- The Woodlands -- The Plains -- The Southwest -- Mesoamerica -- 9. South America -- The Ancient Andes -- The Present Andes -- Amazonia -- Patagonia -- 10. Africa -- East Africa -- South Africa -- Central Africa -- West Africa -- North Africa.