HECOL268 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Chapeau, Chemise, Afro

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Human Ecology
• Course: HECOL268
• Professor: Anne Burke

Document Summary

Baroque style 1600 to 1750, impressing your opponent. By 1700, huge wig, lot of powder on the shoulder from wig. Rococo style: more refined than baroque: curvilinear smaller and more delicate in scale. Rococo found a reflection in the fashions of the times, delicate, lot of ornamentations, pastel shades. Emphasis on asymmetric, something that breaks on the rock, everything is moving. Fueled by archeologist discoveries: revival of interest in classical styles, increase of interest in arts like greek and roman. The french court continued as center of fashion during the reigns of louis xiv and louis xv. Louis xv become king at age 5, too young to reign, relaxation of moors and dress. the culture of. France dictated the garments, lingua franca: french was the language of diplomacy. The georgian era in great britain witnessed an agricultural revolution, people live under city- states, invest in company.