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Ancient Egyptian, Mesopotamian & Persian Costume (Dover Fashion and Costumes)

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Clothing used to be hardly a practical necessity in North Africa and what’s today the Middle East. Frequently a luxury item in these warm, humid climates, it became more essential as people’s lives improved socially and economically. But even then, the drapery used to be light and tended to accent the body’s shape slightly than conceal it. The first a part of this profusely illustrated and scrupulously researched text examines the evolution in apparel worn by Egyptian royalty, priests, musicians, manual workers, the military, and foreigners (as depicted by Egyptian artists). Two additional sections believe clothing worn in ancient Mesopotamia and Persia, focusing in large part on Sumerian, Babylonian, and Assyrian styles. Over 250 illustrations, drawn in the artistic style of the period, are accompanied by flat patterns showing the cut of the garment, thus enabling today’s costumers to as it should be reconstruct this apparel. A comprehensive archive so that you can not only be of immense value to fashion historians and students of costume design, this volume will also fascinate any individual interested in the development of artistic representation.

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