Tortora, Phyllis G.Marcketti, Sara B.
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (London, 2021) (eng) English9781501337345Unknown7th ed.CLOTHING AND DRESS; UnknownLearn about Western dress from the ancient world to today. Each chapter shows you the social, cross-cultural, environmental, geographic, and artistic influences on what people wore. More than 600 images help you to recognize recurring themes and concepts and understand the role of dress from a diverse, global perspective. The book covers each decade, from the 1920s to the present, in separate chapters to help you keep track of the changes in modern fashion. Learning Objectives, Key Terms, Discussion Questions and Exercises, and a Glossary help you master concepts.
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1 online resource (xxii, 585 p.)Unknownill.
Summary / review / table of contents
Part I: The Ancient Middle East, c. 3500 BCE–600 CE
Part II: The Middle Ages, c. 330–1500
Part III: The Renaissance, c. 1400–1600
Part IV: Baroque and Rococo, c. 1600–1800
Part V: The 19th Century, c. 1800–1900
Part VI: From the 20th to the 21st Century, 1900–2020
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