Thursday, December 18, 2008

Baroque period (9)

5-Women wore Gone's and decolletage.

-Men wore elegant clothes that showed wether they were rich or not.

-Most people avoided bathing because they thought water was bad for the skin.

-Women wore high heels.

-Purses and pouches were used by men and women throughtout the century.





4-How did women controlled the pain when wearing the tight dresses?

-Could people stand the oder of their bodies?

-Why did high heels make men feel important?

-How did women handle the high heels?







3-Sartorial:of or pertaining to tailors or their trade

-lavish:expended, bestowed

-distilling:To subject (a substance) to distillation



2-Symbol:"... the practice of tying a curl or a stand of hair with a ribbon as a symbol of affection given by man to woman."

Imagery:"Charles wears a wide-brimmed beaver hat, plain suede breeches etc."

1. Baroques were verly elegant but when it came to cleaness, they were the worst.

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

The Renaissance (8)

5-women wore a soft, billowing version of the houppelande
-Men wore bright colors of clothing

Scarves, handkerchiefs, and veils were made from thin silk, chiffon, and crepe.

-Shoes were made out of leather, cloth, and silk
-Florence was the center of jewelry.



4-How did the Renaissance affect the style of clothing?
-Did men like wearing bright colors?
-Why didn't people wear to much jewlery?
-did queen Elizabeth I like to wear Jewlery?










3-unabated:with undiminished force, power, or vigor.
extravagaet :to wander beyond bounds; roam at will; stray
-Premise:Also, premiss. Logic. a proposition supporting or helping to support a conclusion.






2-Imagery: "houppelande:a long, wide gown with long full sleves and high color."
Simile: "The colors were like the colors of the rainbow."



1-When the Renaissance occured the style changed, their whole life changed.






































Sunday, December 14, 2008

History (7) The middle ages

5-Throught the middle ages women borrowed men's clothing styles gradually adapting their shapes to suit the female form.
-Men wore a few stables, ganache, berigualt etc.
-Gold was the material worked with most frequently that was used for bracelets, necklaces, and rings.
-A shoe with a pointed toe called the poulaine was used in those times.-


4-How did women get the idea to borrow men's clothing styles.
-Did men get their styles from other centuries?
-Did men wore a lot of make-up?
-When did women wore a lot of make-up?




3-flamboyantly:strikingly bold or brilliant
-embroidery:the art of working raised and ornamental designs in threads of silk, cotton, gold, silver, or other material, upon any woven fabric, leather, paper, etc., with a needle.
-Lavish:expended, bestowed



2- Symbol:The women that wore elaborate cloting were the rich ones.
-Metaphor:"A hat was to be worn in conjunction with a barbette."

1-Throught the middle ages men and women shared a lot of similarities when it came to fashion.

Sunday, December 7, 2008

History book (6)

5-Women's clothing shared the main characteristics of men's costume-they had a couple of layers.
-Men's clothing Had Roman Influence in it.
-Byzantines had Silk, taffeta, velvet, tapestry, brocade, linen, wool, cotton textiles.
-Men's and women's shoes revealed a dtrong eastern influence
Men and women wore jeweled collars of high rank.

4-Did Byzantine women liked their clothing?
-Why did Byzantines have a big influence in the Middle East?
-Why did the Byzantines had public baths?
-Did Byzantines took baths every day?


3-concealment:the act of concealing.
-enameling:the art, act, or work of a person who enamels
-mosque:a Muslim temple or place of public worship



2-Imagery:"A semicircular cape, whcih fastened at the shoulder."
-Simile: Byzantines were as cleans as the Romans wore."

1-Much of the Byzantine culture came from Rome and the Middle East.

History book (5)

5-Women wore a variety of colors such as deep blue, yellow and red as well as sea-foam green and light pink.
-In the early days men wore loincloths.
-The government decreed the style of footwear.
-Cosmetics, perfume, and skin care products were widely used in Rome.

4-Were women allow to wear different cloros beside those?
-Why did the government decreed the style of footwear?
-Was glass stones very important to Romen people?
-Why were women so concerned of how they looked?


3-fringe:a decorative border of thread, cord
-leisured:freedom from the demands of work or duty
-putrid:in a state of foul decay


2- Repetition:the word silk was mention 2 times in the sentence.
-Imagery:"..two pieces of wool cloth joined at the shoulders and down the sides, with slits for the head and arms.

1-Roman people were very clean and well organized when it came to fashion.

Monday, December 1, 2008

The Etruscans (4)

5-Women were freely attended public entertainmen.
-Woem wore a scarlet cloak with a greek chiton.
-Men wore loin skirts, tunic.
-People wore sandals, laced boots, soft, comftorable, ect.
-Jewlery was very important and high quality to the people.


4-Why were women able to have more freedom than in other countries?
-How did people know what kind of clothing to wear when a new style came?
-Why did woemn bleached their hair?
-How did men react to the changes in their place?





3-depicted:To represent in a picture or sculpture.
-garments:To clothe; dress.
-depicted:To represent in a picture or sculpture.


2-Symbol: People who had shoes were the wealthy ones.
-Imagery:"Earrings could be disc-shaped and very long (sometimes 3in), spiral or sculpted like snakes with huma heads"

1-The Etruscans were people who cared about the way they dressed and looked when it came to showing how wealthy they were.

Sunday, November 30, 2008

History Roar book (3)

5-Women made items for the home such as wall hangings, bed covers, cushions.
-Women wore Doric peplos that are wrapped around the body and fastened by pins at the shoulder .
-Men wore chitons
-Greeks went barefoot indoors only the lower classrs did so outdoors.
-Both men and women wore sandals.




4-Did the lower classes worked?
-Why was gold a short supply for the Greeks?
-Why didn't men wore a little bit of jewelry?
-How did women feel when they couldn't participate in almost anything?




3-Anonmymity:the state or quality of being anonymous
-silhouettes:A drawing consisting of the outline of something, especially a human profile, filled in with a solid color.
-fibula:a corresponding bone




2-Repetition in a sentence was the word Chiton
Metaphor:An apearance is presumed that Pythagoras wore..."


1- Greek was known for its arte, and their clothes played an important role in their History