{"product_id":"costume-through-the-ages-over-1400-illustrations-9780486407227","title":"Costume Through the Ages: Over 1400 Illustrations","description":"\u003ch2\u003eComplete Visual History of Western Costume Design\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis comprehensive reference book presents over 1,400 meticulously detailed illustrations documenting the evolution of Western fashion from the first century A.D. through 1930. Each illustration has been carefully redrawn from original historical sources including sculpture, lithographs, paintings, illuminated manuscripts, engravings, caricatures, fashion plates, photographs, and period magazines to emphasize essential lines and authentic details.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eChronological Format for Easy Reference\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book employs a continuous chronological structure that adapts to the pace of fashion evolution. Early centuries are represented on single pages, while later periods receive more detailed coverage with one-page-per-year depictions to reflect the acceleration of style changes. This format allows quick access to any historical period while providing comprehensive coverage of costume development across two millennia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eAuthentic Period Details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMen, women, and children appear in historically accurate dress, complete with characteristic period postures, contemporary hairstyles, and authentic gestures. These details provide insight into not just the clothing but the attitudes, manners, and bearing of each era. From Roman nobles to Victorian dandies, from Elizabethan ladies to Jazz Age schoolboys, every figure reflects the social context of their time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eProfessional-Grade Research and Detail\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePainstakingly researched and meticulously illustrated, this volume serves as an invaluable asset for multiple professional applications. Artists will find accurate visual references for period work. Stage designers can source authentic costume details for theatrical productions. Students and historians gain access to a comprehensive visual timeline of fashion evolution. The clear, detailed drawings make this reference accessible for both academic study and practical application in costume design and illustration projects.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eEssential Reference for Creative Professionals\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFew books of costume design will prove more useful to artists, students, stage designers, and scholars than this volume. Presenting detailed drawings in a continuous chronological format, it provides a history of costume design through the ages, from the first century A.D. to 1930.\u003cbr\u003eCulled from sculpture, lithographs, paintings, illuminated manuscripts, engravings, caricatures, fashion plates, photographs, and magazines, these illustrations have been carefully redrawn to bring out essential lines as well as all the details. Men, women, and children are shown in authentic dress, in characteristic period postures, and coiffed in contemporary hairstyles -- even their gestures and bearing offer the reader insight into the attitudes and manners of their times. Due to the acceleration of change in styles, the book moves from single pages representing entire centuries to one-page-per-year depictions of fashion development. In all, more than 1,400 illustrations chronicle the full sweep of two millennia of Western garb, from Roman noble to Victorian dandy, from Elizabethan lady to Jazz Age schoolboy -- all in easily accessible form.\u003cbr\u003ePainstakingly researched and meticulously detailed, this book will be a valuable asset and resource for students, illustrators, costume and cultural historians -- anyone interested in the history of fashion.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50680627527954,"sku":"9780486407227","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9fe17f21-77d3-4b6d-af85-11d4ee75c57f.jpg?v=1734923415","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/costume-through-the-ages-over-1400-illustrations-9780486407227","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}