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Survey of Historic Costume

Survey of Historic Costume

Phyllis G. Tortora and Sara B. Marcketti

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Table of Contents
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
PART ONE: THE ANCIENT MIDDLE EAST, c. 3500 BCE–600 CE

  1. Chapter Two: Mesopotamian Civilization, c. 3500–600 BCE

  2. Chapter Three: Greece and Rome, c. 650 BCE–400 CE

PART TWO: THE MIDDLE AGES,c. 330–1500

  1. Chapter Four: The Byzantine Period and the Early Middle Ages, c. 330–1500 CE

  2. Chapter Five: The Late Middle Ages, c. 1300–1500

PART THREE: THE RENAISSANCE, c. 1400–1600

  1. Chapter Six: The Italian Renaissance, c. 1400–1600

  2. Chapter Seven: The Northern Renaissance, c. 1500–1600

PART FOUR: BAROQUE AND ROCOCO, c. 1600–1800

  1. Chapter Eight: The 17th Century, 1600–1700

  2. Chapter Nine: The 18th Century, 1700–1790

PART FIVE: THE 19TH CENTURY, c. 1800–1900

  1. Chapter Ten: The Directoire Period and the Empire Period, 1790–1820

  2. Chapter Eleven: The Romantic Period, 1820–1850

  3. Chapter Twelve: The Crinoline Period, 1850–1870

  4. Chapter Thirteen: The Bustle Period and the 1890s, 1870–1900

PART SIX: FROM THE 20TH TO THE 21ST CENTURY, 1900–2020

  1. Chapter Fourteen: The Edwardian Period and World War I, 1900–1920

  2. Chapter Fifteen: The 1920s: The Jazz Age

  3. Chapter Sixteen: The 1930s: The Great Depression

  4. Chapter Seventeen: The 1940s: World War II to the New Look

  5. Chapter Eighteen: The 1950s: Fashion Conformity

  6. Chapter Nineteen: The 1960s: Style Tribes Emerge

  7. Chapter Twenty: The 1970s: Activism and Fashion

  8. Chapter Twenty-One: The 1980s: Changing Roles

  9. Chapter Twenty-Two: The 1990s: Fashion Fragmentation

  10. Chapter Twenty-Three: The 2000s: The New Millennium

  11. Chapter Twenty-Four: The 2010s: The Modern Age

Survey of Historic Costume, 7th Edition, is the best-selling introduction to Western dress from the ancient world through the twenty-first century. Each chapter presents social, cross-cultural, environmental, geographic, and artistic influences on clothing. With visuals, illustrated tables, and in-depth discussions, readers come to recognize recurring themes and concepts and understand the role of dress from a diverse, global perspective. The new edition features more than 1,000 full-color photographs and illustrations, a new feature that examines global dress, and a fully updated chapter on the twenty-first century.

Student Resources

  • Survey of Historic Costume features digital study tools such as flashcards, self-quizzes, and assignments and activities.

Key Features

  • Contemporary Comments from contemporary sources provide a sense of the attitude toward clothing of individuals of the period.

  • Global Connections boxes illustrate how items from one culture have influenced another.

  • Modern Influences photo feature explains how historic costume is reinterpreted in modern fashion design.

  • Visual Summary Tables show clear line drawings of period garments as well as important accessories, footwear, and headwear.

  • Illustrated timelines appear before each of the six Parts.

Teaching Resources

  • Instructor’s Guide including chapter objectives, discussion questions, additional research projects, assignments, and answer keys for student quizzes

  • Test Bank with multiple-choice, true/false, and essay questions for each chapter with answer key

  • PowerPoint presentations for each chapter