Tools of the Trade Weapons of the Renaissance era Parties and Festivals

Tools of the trade outline Personal Weapons of the Renaissance Personal Weapons of the Renaissance Renaissance Parties and Festivals Renaissance Parties and Festivals

Personal Weapons Although Renaissance weapons were used in warfare they were most commonly used as decoration. Although Renaissance weapons were used in warfare they were most commonly used as decoration. Renaissance people carried around daggers and swords called rapiers out in public. Renaissance people carried around daggers and swords called rapiers out in public.

Renaissance Festivals and Parties Festivals took place throughout Renaissance Europe in the 16 th and 17 th century To the people of the Renaissance, a festival was a relief to the stressful and hard life due to wars and famine.

Renaissance Festivals and Parties Festivals were also used to welcome Royalty to important cities. Festivals also provided a short term moral boost to a particular city or town.

Clothing and colors of the renaissance The clothing and colors of the renaissance. How different from then to now.

Clothing and its Importance The clothing of the Renaissance was extremely important in everyday life. It helped to distinguish the different social classes in society. clothing was not just a fashion statement, but rather a way of life. It was so important that the people of aristocracy and nobility would spend all of their earnings on their clothing.

Colors Colors in the renaissance meant a lot more than just matching. They were used to express how a person felt that day or to show what class they held being a noble, a merchant, middle class, or a worker. Colors: green stood for love gray for sorrow yellow for hostility blue for fidelity red for nobility black and gray for lower status people

Wealthy and Nobles The wealthy wore clothing of only the finest material being: Silk brocade velvet satin cotton. The wealthy would commonly wear darker colors so as to show off the embroidery or jewels that were sewn into the clothing.

Peasants During the Renaissance, the peasants would normally wear clothing made of cheap material. Flannel Even if you were to be a poor peasant, If you dressed yourself correctly then you could pull it off as being of a high rank in society.

Extra Extra Read All About It! Clothing used to be more than a fashion statement. Was their way of life. Kept everyone in order.

Dying Is Your Latest Fashion! * The Late Trends of Elizabethan times, featuring Hairstyles and jewelry *Copyright Escape The Fate

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… and then! Coifs and classes Important in upper class UPPER CLASS: highly elaborate fair hair supposedly marked the ideal woman so hair would be dyed yellow with a mixture of saffron, cumin seed, celandine and oil [very, tasty] le gasp! Surprisingly, frizzy hair was favored Wigs often referred to as periwigs

Lovely locks LOWER CLASS: straight hair was favored with center part- complimented the French hood ALL CLASSES: women wore swept up hair- flowing hair indicated virgin and was usually worn by a bride at her wedding with fresh flowers long hair was usually in a bun, to be covered in some way hair was always covered by some form of hat, veil, or hood [atifet, coif, biggin’, caul, pillbox style hat] hair was pulled away from face and combed back from forehead

And You thought your sister spent a lot of time on her hair Men spent just as much time on their hair, which was worn curly long beards were trendy and varied in style No barber visits for beards [Sorry Sweeney…] men usually had red hair, while women had blonde hair nets were extremely popular [and not just for the lunch lady]

The Crown Jewels upper & middle classes MIDDLE CLASS: modest, often enameled, necklaces cuts on gems were simple: cabochon cut [smooth, rounded top] or table-cut (a cabochon with flat surface), with rose- cut & hog-back cut emerging later in the century gem carving was very popular settings were very intricate, sometimes made to look like petals or leaves

Diamonds in the rough Common gems- diamond, ruby, emerald, opal, topaz, and sapphire; beads and cameo gems: sapphire, carnelian, jasper, onyx, bloodstone, moss agate, chalcedony, crysoprase, pearls, and sardonyx Gold chains, carcanets [chokers], & pearls were common brooches and pendants were worn in multiple ways [necklaces, hats, etc.] Jewels were often sewn into clothing

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