History of Clothing II/014

Teachers in charge

Prof. Katarina Nina Simončič, Ph.D.

Study, Module

Textile and Fashion Design - graduate, Module Costume Design

Course summary ∑ (L+P+S):

2 (1+0+1)

ECTS

4

Knowledge verification

preliminary exam

Lecture type

lectures, seminars

Learning outcomes:

The students can:
● distinguish and evaluate sources for the reconstruction of fashion periods from the 15th to the 18th century;
● know the terminology of clothing from the 15th to the 18th century;
● recognize the stylistic features of women's and men's fashion from the 15th to the 18th century;
● explain similarities and differences in the stylistic characteristics of fashion from the 15th to 18th centuries;
● determine the reasons and conditions for fashion phenomena in the period from the 15th to the 18th century;
● research the sources for the written reconstruction of the style epochs from the 15th to the 18th century;

Subject content

Overview of the development of clothing from the Middle Ages to the 19th century. Clothing in certain historical periods: Renaissance, Mannerism, Baroque, Rococo, will be considered in the context of historical and social events and art, and common stylistic features will be identified. Clothing is considered as a complex work of art, therefore the focus is on analysing all elements of clothing composition, their forms, characteristics and mutual relationships.

Aim of course

Development of the ability to independently research items of clothing and clothing elements from historical periods; acquisition of the research methodology of various sources: Art, written documents, literary works; expanding the knowledge acquired in other subjects and placing it in an overall picture of a particular era. Creating a basis for the development of creative thinking and the opportunity to apply the acquired knowledge in the context of one's own work.

Literature necessary for course

1. Simončič Katarina Nina: Kultura odijevanja u Zagrebu na prijelazu iz 19. u 20. stoljeće , Plejada, Zagreb, 2012.
2. Taylor, Lou: Doing the Laundry? A Reassessment of Object-based Dress History, Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress, Body & Culture , Volume 2, Number 4, November 1998, pp. 337-358(22).
3. Bauman J.,Harriet: Masks, Costumes, Ceremony Life In Seventeenth Century France http://yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1986/3/86.03.02.x.html
4. Crane, Diana: Clothing Behavior as Non-Verbal Resistance: Marginal Women and Alternative Dress in the Nineteenth Century, Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress, Body & Culture, Berg Publishers , Volume 3, Number 2,
May 1999, pp. 241-268(28)
5. Gordenker, Emilie E.S.: Is the History of Dress Marginal? Some Thoughts on Costume in Seventeenth-Century Painting. Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress, Body & Culture, Berg Publishers , Volume 3, Number 2, May 1999, pp. 219-240(22)
6. Steele, Valerie: The Corset: Fashion and Eroticism. Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress, Body & Culture, Berg Publishers , Volume 3, Number 4, November 1999, pp. 449-473(25)
7. McNeil, Peter; Riello, Giorgio: The Art and Science of Walking: Gender, Space, and the Fashionable Body in the Long Eighteenth Century. Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress, Body & Culture, Berg Publishers , Volume 9, Number 2, June 2005, pp. 175-204(30)