DownloadThe Portobello Bookshop Gift Guide 2024

Greek and Roman Dress from A to Z

Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones author Glenys Davies author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:15th May '12

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

This paperback is available in another edition too:

Greek and Roman Dress from A to Z cover

Who dressed as a woman in an attempt to commit adultery with Julius Caesar‘s wife? How did the ancient Greeks make blusher from seaweed? Just how does one wear a toga?
If, as many claim, the importance of clothes lies in their detail, then this a book that no sartorially savvy Classicist should be without. Greek and Roman Dress from A to Z is an alphabetized compendium of styles and accessories that form the well-known classical image: a reference source of stitches, drapery, hairstyles, colours, fabrics and jewellery, and an analysis of the intricate system of social meanings that they comprise.
The entries range in length from a few lines to a few pages and cover individual aspects of dress alongside surveys of wider topics and illuminating socio-cultural analysis, drawn from ancient art, literature and archaeology. For those who want to take their reading further, there are references to both primary sources and modern scholarship.
This book is be fascinating for anyone delving into it with an interest in style and dress, and an invaluable companion for any classicist.

ISBN: 9780415542807

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 440g

240 pages