FSN 508 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Common Era, Pollination, Hanfu
12 Mar 2018
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Civilization - city building and writing systems. Philosophical - based on cosmology, learning component and a practical application in life. Artifact - anything made by human hand. Representation - something that stands for something else. Open garment system - garments that are not pre tailored. East -west cultural cross pollination through history and its influence on historical dress. Silk road connected asia and europe (it was the exchange of goods, culture, technology, etc) Is an object of domination -> does not mean the the dominated go down easy. It is a political, economic and cultural structure. Overview of imperial and early modern asian dress. The ottoman empire - basis was religion (islamic) Garments - men wear dresses, modest dress, turbans/head dresses (alluded to sexism. > turban signifies thoughts, there is no women in this photo) Bright colors = your standing in society. The most important man is on the elephant.
