Renaissance Revival: Fashion, Art, and Lifestyle of the 14th to 17th Centuries

2. Fashion Yesterday & Today Renaissance Period 14th – mid 17th Centuries

3. Women’s Fashion Items • Included: • chemise (later called smock) - long dresses which dragged on the ground • cote – calf- or ankle-length garment, often decorated around the neck and hem • head dresses, including various shapes of hoods, veils or hair nets

4. Women’s Fashion Items • Included: • bodice – upper part of a woman’s dress • skirt – lower part of a woman’s dress • outer dress – one piece dress worn over the bodice and skirt • corselette – closefitting undergarment tightened with laces to squeeze the waist • various hair wear such as coif (close-fitting cap) and fillet (headband made of a narrow strip of ribbon)

5. Renaissance Period Fashion • Was used to represent status • expensive clothing helped establish a reputation of wealth for the owner • Was recognized by: • ruffs (large, round collar) • excessive use of jewelry and embroidery • detailed accessories, such as wigs, hats and decorative belts

6. Men’s Fashion Items • Included: • camicia – undergarment, often made of silk or fine linen for upper class and coarse linen for lower class • doublet – close fitted jacket • hose – stockings which were attached to the doublet • clogs – footwear made of wood and leather for outdoor wear

7. Renaissance Art • Great influence from ancient Greece and Rome • Sought to capture experience of individual beauty and mystery of the natural world. • Skilled artisans.

8. Renaissance Architecture • Included: Elements of Greek and Roman style Columns, pilasters, nymphs, scrolls Symmetry, balance, proportion

9. Renaissance Music • Included: • The rise of humanistic thought • Training of many musicians • Freedom from Medieval constraints • New or reformed instruments

10. Renaissance Politics, Societal, and Economic Happenings • Relatively stable time period • Great wealth, closed nobility lines • Towns and cities controlled by the wealthy selected or elected, but not inherited • Urban areas were commercialized

11. Technology in the Renaissance • Included: • Printing press • Linear perspective in drawing • Patent law • Portable clocks • Eyeglasses and spectacles • Flush toilet

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