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Fashion Yesterday & Today Renaissance Period 14 th – mid 17 th Centuries 2

Women’s Fashion Items Included: –chemise (later called smock) - long dresses which dragged on the ground –cote – calf- or ankle-length garment, often decorated around the neck and hem –head dresses, including various shapes of hoods, veils or hair nets 3

Women’s Fashion Items Included: –bodice – upper part of a woman’s dress –skirt – lower part of a woman’s dress –outer dress – one piece dress worn over the bodice and skirt –corselette – closefitting undergarment tightened with laces to squeeze the waist –various hair wear such as coif (close-fitting cap) and fillet (headband made of a narrow strip of ribbon) 4

Renaissance Period Fashion Was used to represent status –expensive clothing helped establish a reputation of wealth for the owner Was recognized by: –ruffs (large, round collar) –excessive use of jewelry and embroidery –detailed accessories, such as wigs, hats and decorative belts 5

Men’s Fashion Items Included: –camicia – undergarment, often made of silk or fine linen for upper class and coarse linen for lower class –doublet – close fitted jacket –hose – stockings which were attached to the doublet –clogs – footwear made of wood and leather for outdoor wear 6

Renaissance Art Great influence from ancient Greece and Rome Sought to capture experience of individual beauty and mystery of the natural world. Skilled artisans. 7

Renaissance Architecture Included: Elements of Greek and Roman style Columns, pilasters, nymphs, scrolls Symmetry, balance, proportion 8

Renaissance Music Included: –The rise of humanistic thought –Training of many musicians –Freedom from Medieval constraints –New or reformed instruments 9

Renaissance Politics, Societal, and Economic Happenings Relatively stable time period Great wealth, closed nobility lines Towns and cities controlled by the wealthy selected or elected, but not inherited Urban areas were commercialized 10

Technology in the Renaissance Included: –Printing press –Linear perspective in drawing –Patent law –Portable clocks –Eyeglasses and spectacles –Flush toilet

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