JENNIFER L. BALL is Assistant Professor of Medieval Art History at Brooklyn College, New York, USA.
In Byzantium there were two overlapping systems of dress: a semiotic one whereby dress was a code for rank and wealth, and a fashion system where dress was based on the desire to look a certain way. This book explains secular dress from the eighth to the twelfth centuries through an examination of painted representations.
Abbreviations for Manuillegalscripts Cited List of Plates Introduction Methodology Imperial Dress Court Dress Dress of the Borderland Elite Non-Elite Dress An Examination of the Textile Evidence Conclusion Bibliography
'This book is a welcome addition to the history of Byzantine dress. It presents a concise coverage of the Middle Byzantine period (eighth to twelfth centuries) using paintings (both frescoes and illustrated manuillegalscripts) as its main evidence...It will be a good addition to the libraries of Byzantine historians and dress historians.' - Medieval Clothing and Textiles
Über den Autor
Jennifer L. Ball
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Abbreviations for Manuillegalscripts Cited List of Plates Introduction Methodology Imperial Dress Court Dress Dress of the Borderland Elite Non-Elite Dress An Examination of the Textile Evidence Conclusion Bibliography
Klappentext
The book is a study of representations of secular dress in Byzantine paintings, primarily portraits, made between the eighth and twelfth centuries
Part of the bestselling New Middle Ages series
