Illuminated Fashion at the Morgan
There is a wonderful exhibit at the Morgan Library and Museum.
Art historian Anne Hagopian Van Buren (1927-2008) studied firmly dated art from Medieval France and Flanders in order to understand fashion during the period 1330-1515. Most of the paintings are from illuminated manuscripts and more than 50 of them are on display in the exhibit with a historical timeline, enlargements of major paintings, and 4 mannequins with clothing from the paintings.
Teri, Pat, Benedicte and I were mesmerized and spent more than two hours sketching and learning. The website is fantastic - and contains each of the paintings with detailed analysis of the clothing and the source.
I'm posting my two journals pages - with drawings and lots of notes. I was most fascinated by the womens' head coverings - the horns of temple composed of hair and straw and the turrets with attached transparent veils that replaced them.
Comments
These are wonderful journal pages. I loved looking at and reading them. I would enjoy and exhibit like this one! PS, think of you every time I make lemon bars!
Posted by: Marta GONZALES | June 5, 2011 12:59 AM
It looks like a great exhibition, I'm quite envious! :)
Posted by: Cathy Holtom | June 5, 2011 5:24 AM
Costume is fascinating, isn't it! I haven't made any clothes of this era, but I have 18th C. FUN. These are wonderful, Shirley...
Posted by: Cathy Johnson (Kate) | June 5, 2011 6:58 AM
I would have enjoyed sketching these costumes, I used to love sketching clothes and designing things to sew! Love your sketches, did you color them in the museum? or later?
Posted by: Mary McAndrew | June 5, 2011 8:19 AM
I just adore your museum reports. Thanks for sharing them!
Posted by: Sasa | June 5, 2011 11:55 PM
Nice observations... It looks like you enjoyed your visit to the museum. Check out my blog, where I posted some historic fashion sketches, some of them medieval
http://maxine-on-the-run.blogspot.com/
Posted by: Pascale Steig | June 6, 2011 2:20 PM
Thanks so much for your comments Shirley. =) These are wonderful sketches, they've got lots of style.
Posted by: Alex Tan | June 7, 2011 6:20 AM