Actual Garb research

[isabelladangelo]

http://www.wga.hu/art/s/solari/andrea/salome.jpg

I LOVE this gown. I know that it looks completely allegorical except for a couple of things: None of the other objects look allegorical and then I found these as well:

http://www.wga.hu/art/d/durer/2/12/1_1500/10cather.jpg
Notice the sleeve of St. Catherine's dress and the neckline. I realize it's hard to see but the sleeve is a rounded tab type like the pretty gown of Salome. And just to further the point...

http://www.wga.hu/art/m/michelan/4drawing/3colonna.jpg
The dress has the same basic elements of Salome's.

I'm starting to wonder how allegorical this one is. I still want it as a Masque gown either way.

Comments

[msmcknittington.livejournal.com]

I totally thought that Salome had a tattoo on her breast in the first picture, until I zoomed in and realized it was an actual rose tucked in her chemise. I nearly died laughing.

The cut of the neckline on Salome's dress is also historically accurate. A lot of Venetian dresses toward the end of the 16th century (I want to say 1580s, but it might be 1570s) have that entirely below the bust cut.

[florentinescot.livejournal.com]

See, I'm not completely certain that I buy into the whole "That's only allegorical" mindset.

The idea from that style of garb had to come from somewhere -- and the same style show up a lot. Did the artists copy from each other ... they could have. There's also an awful lot of artwork that's no longer extant. I remember looking for a *color* copy of the painting of Anne of Denmark (I think it was) and not ever finding one -- until I noticed that it had been in Dresden ....

[mdrf-prax.livejournal.com]

Ok.. I had to look up some of those words... BUT! If I was a painting, and I had the dress from that first picture... I could TOTALLY be her!

What would you charge for that?