Folk and Festival Costume

Folk and Festival Costume
Title Folk and Festival Costume PDF eBook
Author R. Turner Wilcox
Publisher Courier Corporation
Pages 242
Release 2011-01-01
Genre Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN 0486478718

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A treasury of ethnic dress, this book ranges from the Amish of Pennsylvania to the Zulu of South Africa. Alphabetical entries cover more than 150 countries and regions, each represented by six or more illustrations. Six hundred drawings include images of men, women, and children. Captions describe the costumes and their associated traditions.

Folk and Festival Costume of the World

Folk and Festival Costume of the World
Title Folk and Festival Costume of the World PDF eBook
Author Ruth Turner Wilcox
Publisher Scribner Book Company
Pages 246
Release 1965
Genre Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN

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Presents vivid descriptions of traditional dress from over 150 countries, races, and ethnic groups.

Keepers of Tradition

Keepers of Tradition
Title Keepers of Tradition PDF eBook
Author Maggie Holtzberg
Publisher Univ of Massachusetts Press
Pages 220
Release 2008
Genre Art
ISBN 9781558496408

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Throughout Massachusetts, artists carry on and revitalise deeply rooted traditions that take many expressive forms - from Native American basketry to Yankee wooden boats, Armenian lace, Chinese seals, and Irish music and dance. This illustrated volume celebrates and shares the work of a wide array of these living artists.

The Mode in Costume

The Mode in Costume
Title The Mode in Costume PDF eBook
Author R. Turner Wilcox
Publisher Courier Corporation
Pages 514
Release 2008-01-01
Genre Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN 0486468208

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The pursuit of style has prompted centuries of dramatic change in fashion. From the togas of ancient Rome to the gorgeous gowns of Dior, this lavishly illustrated, thoroughly researched treasury examines men's, women's, and children's clothing — plus accessories — from 3000 B.C. to 1958. An essential handbook.

Dressed for Thrills

Dressed for Thrills
Title Dressed for Thrills PDF eBook
Author Mark Alice Durant
Publisher
Pages 136
Release 2002-10
Genre Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN

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A Whimsical array of ghosts and goblins, spooks and skeletons, animals and nursery-room characters parade through this unparalleled collection of more than one hundred years of American Halloween costumes and masquerade. Photographer Phyllis Galembo approaches her subjects with the delight and wonder of one who has discovered an entire cast of characters backstage in an abandoned theater. Through her lens, the costumes rise from the dead to once again dance, play, and amuse. Ranging from handmade to store-bought, satin to polyester, the masks, wigs, and costumes, whether recognizable figures or obscure, pique our childhood memories. In her celebration of Halloween revelry, Galembo never settles for the ordinary; instead she creates evocative scenes of dressed-to-scare young trick-or-treaters "modeling" their disguises and of undead spirits haunting their surroundings. The costumes, which span over a century, take on magical qualities through fanciful sets and specialized lighting effects. Accompanying the costumes is a history of this always-popular holiday and essays discussing Galembo's inspirations and techniques. Through her art, Galembo allows us to act out our youthful fantasies of transformation -- to become, or at least observe, what we most want to be: free of inhibitions, of fixed notions of identity. Her images make us laugh and dream and maybe even believe in ghosts. Book jacket.

Russian Folk Costumes Paper Dolls

Russian Folk Costumes Paper Dolls
Title Russian Folk Costumes Paper Dolls PDF eBook
Author Ming-Ju Sun
Publisher Courier Corporation
Pages 44
Release 2003-01-01
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN 9780486423906

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Dress 2 figures in 16 finely detailed costumes worn at folk festivals during the late-19th and early-20th centuries in former republics of the Soviet Union. Wardrobes include beautifully embroidered shawls, skirts, tunics, trousers, and long coats from Russia, Estonia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan.

Festival Folk

Festival Folk
Title Festival Folk PDF eBook
Author Rob Flowers
Publisher Cicada Books
Pages 128
Release 2020-05-16
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN 1800660065

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A beautifully illustrated compendium of weird and wonderful festival costumes around the world. All around the world there are festivals that reach back through the sands of time to the very roots of civilisation; to agrarian rites and pagan traditions. The festivals in this book are often little known outside their locale and they are all characterised by the most radical and bizarre costumes imaginable. The Kukeri in Bulgaria wear enormous headpieces made of goatskin. Burryman festival in Edinburgh features a man covered from head to toe with burrs and thorns. Paraders in Switzerland’s Silvesterklausen wear vast wood- en doll-masks and hats carved with peasant scenes. Each costume is brought to life in Rob Flower’s joyous, surrealist, urban illustra- tions. Brief, engaging texts describe the festival, its history and the traditions that surround it. From Columbia to Nigeria by way of New Orleans and Romania, this is a delightful book that brings the cultures of the world to life in a fresh new take that will appeal to children an adults alike.