The Story of Costume - John Peacock

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Résumé :
An essential reference for parents, teachers, librarians, and anyone working with children's theater groups.

Biographie:
John Peacock has worked as a fashion and costume designer and lecturer in fashion history. He was for several years senior costume designer for BBC Television, and is the author of many books on costume.

Sommaire:
Introduction . Ancient Egypt 200-1200BC . Ancient Crete 2000-1200BC and Ancient Greece 600-150BC . Ancient Babylon and Assyria 1200-500BC and Persia 600-500BC Ancient Rome 100BC-AD500 and Byzantium 500BC-AD1200 . Late Antiquity and the Dark Ages 100-1000 . Early Middle Ages 1000-1100 . High Middle Ages 1100-1200 . The Age of the Crusades 1200-1250 . The Age of Invention 1250-1300 . Time of the Great Famine and Black Death 1300-1350 . The Age of Medieval Romance 1350-1400 . Late Middle Ages 1400-1430 . Early Renaissance 1430-1465 . The Age of Exploration 1465-1500 High Renaissance 1500-1525 . Time of the Conquistadors 1525-1550 . Time of the Wars of Religion 1550-1575 . The Golden Age 1575-1600 . Late Renaissance 1600-1625 . The Colonial Era 1625-1650 . The Age of Puritanism 1650-1675 . The Age of the Buccaneers 1675-1700 . The Age of Enlightenment 1700-1725 . Late Baroque Period 1725-1750 Rococo Period 1750-1775 . Era of the American and French Revolutions 1775-1800 . The Age of the Industrial Revolution 1800-1820 . The Age of the Pioneer Settlers 1820-1840 The Golden Age of the Railways 1840-1860 . Era of the American Civil War 1860-1880 The Second Industrial Revolution 1880-1900 . The Turn of the Twentieth Century 1900-1920 . Twenties & Thirties 1920-1935 . Thirties & Forties 1935-1950 . Fifties & Sixties 1950-1970 . Seventies & Eighties 1970-1985 . Modern Times 1985-present day