FMD 250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Loincloth, Cornucopia, Himation
22 Sep 2016
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Pre-ancient roman civilization: polity- probably city-states; never fully united, economy: agriculture and trade. Art commonalities with crete and other asia minor socio-cultural systems. Etruscans conquered by romans who incorporated aspects of etruscan culture in to their system. Dress styles: loin cloth- perizoma, chiton, wraps: cloak, himation, tebanna. Worn back to front with curved edge in font. Ancient rome: early latin settlements: from 1,000 to 753 bce, kingdom: from 753 to 509 bce, republic: from 509-27 bce, empire: from 27-476 ad. Sources of information: textile fragments, visual sources. Policy and stratification: city-state: kings, republic (509 bce- 27 ad. Plant forms (garland, cornucopia, fruit, rosettes, acanthus: living creatures. Textiles: some home weaving, commercial textile industry, textile technology developments and textile guilds to organize government orders and to ensure quality. Textile symbolism: dyes were expensive, purple to symbolize royalty (kingdom) and top political leaders (republic and empire, clavi: broad purple bands signified senators and emperor.
