Etruscan Dress

Informationen zum Autor Larissa Bonfante is a professor of classics at New York University. She is the author of Etruscan Mirrors and Etruscan Life and Afterlife. Klappentext In this study Larissa Bonfante traces the development of Etruscan dress from the eighth to the fifth century B.C.E., using as evidence actual remnants of costumes, sculptures and other artistic representations, and literary passages dealing with the subject. Bonfante explores Near Eastern influences on Etruscan dress as well as the relationships of Greek and Roman styles to Etruscan styles. She also addresses the problem of determining which garments were actually worn and which were only artistic conventions. In addition, by tracing the origin of each style of dress, she provides a chronology of Etruscan relations with the Near East and the cities of Greece.For this paperback edition, an updated bibliographical essay discusses the latest research and discoveries in the field. Zusammenfassung For this paperback edition! an updated bibliographical essay discusses the latest research and discoveries in the field.

Product details

• Authors: Larissa Bonfante, Larissa (New York University) Bonfante, Larissa (Professor of Classics Emerita Bonfante, Bonfante Larissa
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2003
• EAN: 9780801874130
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-7413-0
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 175 mm x 255 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, HISTORY / World, General & world history, Ancient Rome, Fashion & society, Ancient History, General and world history, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Cultural studies: dress and society