Costume of the Western World

Shows representative clothing for nine hundred years of fashion and explains terms for particular styles or details of apparel

YARWOOD, Doreen

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

From the headgear of the ancient Greeks and Etruscans to Elizabethan farthingales and modern footwear, this authoritative resource presents a comprehensive history of clothing and accessories. It covers every world culture with 650-plus entries in alphabetical order that define and describe designs, materials, accessories, and manufacturing techniques, placing them in historical perspective and tracing the development of tastes and the recurrence of motifs. More than 2,100 black-and-white drawings include 110 full-page plates of costume drawings, in addition to eight pages of color illustrations. "Amazingly enough, there is an illustration for almost every item," noted Choice magazine, adding, "the text is a model for this type of reference work, a good summary for the knowledgeable and a mine of information for the novice." A detailed index makes it easy to locate garments from any era.

Illustrated Encyclopedia of World Costume (Dover Fashion and Costumes)

Arts & Photography

Graphic Design

Dover Publications

Casual and serious readers alike will be captivated by this comprehensive survey of the Western world's architecture. Ranging from 2000 B.C. to the 1980s, its chronologically arranged photographs and drawings appear in 105 two-page spreads, each representing a specific era and often covering different regions and countries. Accompanying text comments on architectural details and places the buildings within the historical, artistic, and scientific context of each period. Clear organization and layout make this unique volume an easy-to-use reference. No previous knowledge of building or architectural history is assumed, and the text is supplemented by an index and glossary. In addition to its practical appeal to architectural historians and students, this wide-ranging visual history will fascinate readers with an interest in architecture, art, and history.

A Chronology of Western Architecture (Dover Architecture)

Architecture

European costume: 4000 years of fashion

Distributed by Crown Publishers

Nearly one thousand detailed line drawings and over one hundred photographs richly illustrate a study of styles of European architecture from the pre-Hellenic period to the 1970s

The Architecture of Europe

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This history of world costume defines and describes designs, materials, accessories, and manufacturing techniques, placing them in historical perspective, and follows the development of tastes and the recurrence of motifs

Encyclopedia of World Costume

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Beauty, Grooming, & Style

Macmillan Pub. Co.

The architecture of Europe

Batsford

Outline of English architecture

History & Criticism

Batsford Ltd.

The encyclopaedia of world costume

B.T. Batsford

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