Year: 2011
Type: article
Abstract: This article highlights the essential role of costumes in 16th century court ballets and masquerades. It studies their variety which was inspired as much by Antiquity as by exotic sources, and which ranged from the beauty of the nymphs, and the splendor of the heroes anti gods of mythology, to the strange creations, which sometimes raise doubts about whether the performers wearing them would still be capable of dancing. The article insists on the richness of the fabrics, the abundant use of gems -- in particular for the headgear -- and the interest brought to each detail by the foreign visitors who have passed on to us the precious narratives that can be placed next to the account books which subsist. Major artists were employed in their fabrication, which explains the relationship of their invention with the figures of the frescoes and sculptures, which, during the same period, began to invade the new residences
Source: Revue de l Art
DOI: 10.3917/rda.174.0043
Author: Margaret Mc Gowan
Language: French
Subfield: Museology
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2223326208