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Costume and Dress through the Centuries! Find detailed information and discover new facts about your favourite fashion eras!
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Niet Frans, maar Engels! Een bijzondere caravan die zowel van binnen als buiten de aandacht trekt. Dit bijzondere project heeft een knusse 'hotelkamer'.
Supplies and set-up procedures for drawing as described in drawing treatises 1400s-1700s. Setting up drawings to copy, plaster models, arranging the drawing board, correct grip of the pencil, setting up light, etc.
1. Eberhard I, the Duke of Wuerttemberg (1445-1495) once was praised as the richest prince amongst the German princes, as he was said to be able to rest his head on the lap of every one of his subjects without having fear for his life or property.
Typical pre-colonial Visayan attire before the introduction of blouses and jackets in the 1400s. Women either only wore wrap skirts or tubular garments as a wrap dress known as Tapis (or Tapis Lawas/Lambung).
In the 1300s, Ibn Battuta saw the Mali Empire in West Africa, Mamluk Empire in the north and Kilwa in the east. He saw them in all their glory. Zimbabwe in the south was also enjoying a golden age. But in the 1400s, three new empires were on the rise to take their place in Africa: Songhay…
1. In 1475, when Queen Isabella was crowned, the queen chess piece became female, and could only move one square at a time, like the King. In 1495, when Isabella was the most powerful woman in Europe, the present rules of chess were established, in which the Queen moves in all directions on the board.
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A companion of the Benin Bronzes version at Museum für Völkerkunde Berlin, this magnificent sculpture is currently held in private hoarding by some german.
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Unknown Artist from Detail of a miniature of Ancient Greek artist Thamyris (Timarete) painting her picture of the goddess Diana, N. France...
St. Fagans, a young woman awaits the return of her husband who marched off to war. [This was one of the many 'civilian' reenactors at St. Fagans as part of the Winchester Regiment's great reconstruction of life during the English Civil War, and of the Battle of St. Fagans. All clothing is period accurate, and those involved were full of fascinating facts about 17th century life.]
