Ebook: Byzantine Dress: Representations of Secular Dress in Eighth- to Twelfth-Century Painting
Author: Jennifer L. Ball (auth.)
- Tags: Medieval Literature, Ancient History, History of Medieval Europe, Design general, Industrial Design, Classical and Antique Literature
- Series: The New Middle Ages
- Year: 2005
- Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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In Byzantium there were two overlapping systems of dress: a semiotic one whereby dress was a code for rank and wealth, and a fashion system where dress was based on the desire to look a certain way. This book explains secular dress from the eighth to the twelfth centuries through an examination of painted representations.
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