Module 1.1 Dark Ages

Period where:

• The Roman Empire’s conquest and cultural influence at its peak.

• The capital was moved to Constantinople (Istanbul), closer to Asia’s Silk Road.

Refers to the formalwear for men

basic unisex shirt draped on the body

women’s tunic dress

women’s mantle

decorative panel

bejeweled pin

replaced the toga

• tunica with sleeves

  • Military wear

How is Tyrian Purple made?

What is China’s secret?

• Nomadic Germanic people

• Traded with Romans or raided their borders.

• A discriminated and generalized outgroups, like the Goths, Celts, Huns and Vandals, as less civilized.

What garments were banned in the City of Rome according to Honorius?

trousers

tribes that were bound by a treaty (foedus /ˈfiːdəs/) to come to the defence of Rome but were neither Roman colonies nor beneficiaries of Roman citizenship (civitas).

laced boots

An era where the Constantinople remained as the seat of Roman power in the East.

• Refers to the fall of Rome by the Goths marked the beginning of the “Dark Ages”.

  • Barbarians assumed absolute rule of territories and created kingdoms.

wide-sleeved robe

mantle with fibula

What does veiling refers to?

Decorative pins that fastens the chlamys on the shoulder.

Display of Visigothic identity, art and metalwork.

With animal motifs. Part of fashionable Visigothic dress.

The first Islamic dynasty. They ruled from Damascus to Cordoba.

The so-called Reconquista of Spain lasted for 700 years, until 1492.

Name of Spain under Muslim rule. Experienced the Islamic Renaissance.

Who was blamed for starting the Medieval Period?

How was society structured?

Al-Andalus and later Constantinople and Sicily produced their own silk.

Other imports from the East were damask, lampas and velvet.

invented in India/China, brought to Europe by Muslims

ancient way of spinning

invented in China, for longer and wider fabrics

used for tapestries

pair of leggings

wrapped underwear

long-sleeved garment

long decorative band

hooded pancho

scalloped or stylized edging, as a fashion statement

metallic haircover

Refers to two-color style

short-sleeved overdress with detachable long sleeves

fine-thread cotton or silk

weasel fur and tail tips

luxurious patterned fabric

outerwear with exaggerated armholes, originally worn by knights

Refers to the associations of artisans and merchants who oversaw their trade.

Lice-infested rats hiding in textiles spread through the Silk Road in 1346-1353.

Woven in Paris. Beginnings of the golden age of tapestry.

Made in the middle of the Hundred Year’s War 1337-1453.

What happened post-plague?

set to regulate the clothing of the rising middle class. The elites wore impractical fashion to be distinguished.

padded overshirt

long-toed pointy shoes

wooden platforms

outer garment with wide sleeves

to add flair to the gown

defined on thick outerwear

long-pointed headwear

horned headwear

• The textile merchant guilds of Florence, such as the Arte di Calimala and Arte di Lanna (the Medicis), became wealthier.

• They were patrons of the humanities and sciences, and commissioned famous artists like

  Raphael and Michelangelo.

• After the fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans in 1453, surviving texts sparked interest in Classical culture and philosophy.