[MR] Meanwhile, at the Morgan (was Re: Research Opportunity: Exhibition at the Getty)

[Karen]

For what it's worth -- a similarly-themed exhibit will be at the Morgan Library 
& Museum in New York City, May 20 to September 4.

"Illuminating Fashion: Dress in the Art of Medieval France and the Netherlands"
http://www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/exhibition.asp?id=45
 
 
 
 
From the exhibition description:
 
This exhibition will explore the evolution of fashionable clothing in Northern 
Europe -- from the fashion revolution of the early fourteenth century to the 
dawn of the Renaissance. Drawn from the Morgan's collections, over fifty 
illuminated medieval and Renaissance manuscripts and early printed books are 
featured. 

 
The nearly 200 years just prior to the Renaissance in Northern Europe 
constituted a fertile era for fashion, a period in which clothing styles changed 
rapidly, often from one decade to the next. The exhibition examines the role of 
social customs, cultural influences, and politics -- such as the Hundred Years' 
War, the occupation of Paris by the English, and the arrival of the Italian 
Renaissance—in shaping fashion. 

 
The exhibition also demonstrates the richness of symbolism in medieval art and 
how artists used clothing and costume as codes to help viewers interpret an 
image. In these works of art, what people wear is a clue to their identities and 
moral characters. 

 
To dramatize these fashions, four recreated ensembles replicating clothing 
depicted in the exhibition will be on view. The garments wre made using period 
hand-sewing techniques and authentic materials -- including silk velvet, gold 
brocade, linen, straw, and ermine.
 
 
 
 
The Morgan's exhibition will also have a book, scheduled to come out in 
mid-June:
"Illuminating Fashion: Dress in the Art of Medieval France and the Netherlands, 
1325-1515"
http://amzn.to/laXRGj
 
 
 
 
Karen Larsdatter
www.larsdatter.com