RCNJ Fashion & Politics Comparing & Contrasting French & Spanish Portraits Discussion
Question Description
FOR THURSDAY, OCT 8th:
START READING ABOUT THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
Read Boucher Ch.11:From the French Revolution to the early 20th Century p.376-408 and read handouts and links:
Fashion as a form of Protest
Berg_French Revolution
Laver pg. 72- 104
https://cdnhistorybits.wordpress.com/2016/01/19/womens-fashion-during-and-after-the-french-revolution-1790-to-1810/
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DUE: MONDAY, OCTOBER 12th
I.Outline for Louis XIV and the power of fashion Please address the following topics in the outline
-Fashion and trade
-Fashion industry in France
-Political control
-Edicts and sumptuary laws
-Promotion and advertising fashion
Louis XIV fashion innovations
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Scavenger hunt Powerpoint & short paper
For the Powerpoint: Find the following items of dress:
Doublet with tabs
Ruff
Pecadils
Panes – men
Lace cravat
Cavalier hat men
Latchets men
Justacorps
Boot hose
Breeches
Fontange
Verdugado
Petticoat breeches
Find all the above items in: 2 examples of female dress in paintings from 1620-1680
3 examples of male dress in paintings from 1620-1680
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Put the information, terminology and definition in the notes section of the slide
The rules:
None of your examples can be from class lectures and powerpoints.Your examples for the scavenger hunt must be come from The Metropolitan museum, The Victoria and Albert Museum, the Prado, the Rijksmuseum, The Louvre, the National Portrait Gallery, London, or the Frick
Find 2 full length portraits, one French and one Spanish. Write a paragraph comparing and contrasting as to why each example is a typical style in their respective countries informed by politics, religion and trade. Put the images in the word document.
Some costume books online: https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.7686/mode…
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