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Marie Botkin, Ph.D.
MLIS Graduate Student
Valdosta State University
Medieval Manuscript Illuminations and Fashion Change
Fashions and Medieval Illuminations
Manuscript illuminations and sculpture provide the best visual sources of evidence for fashion changes in the Middle Ages.
According to Pinder, there are three chronological styles of illuminations in the 14th century.‘Manneristic’ style with a flat, graphic
aestheticThree dimensional with use of shading for
volumeIntegrated style with use of both volume and
line
Stylistic Changes in the 14th Century
Flat, graphic style in the Roman d’Alexandre
Three dimensional style by Jean Pucelle
Integrated style with line and volume
Fashion Change in the Medieval Era
Many scholars claim the medieval era hosted the beginning of fashion
“...this change... transformed human beings from soft rounded creatures with a mobile surface into harsh, spare, attenuated insect-like things...”
Stella Mary Newton, 1980
Early Medieval Clothing
Influence of Military Costume
Late Medieval Clothing
The graphic style
Which came first?
Or the fashion?
Any questions?
Thank you~
Avril,François. Manuscript Painting at the Court of France : the Fourteenth Century, 1310‑1380. New York: Brazille, 1978.
McWebb, Christine. Reading the Roman de la Rose in Text and Image. http://margot.uwaterloo.ca/ROMAN/imagetab le .html (accessed December 1o,2009).
Newton, Stella Mary. Fashion in the Age of the Black Prince: A Study of the Years 1340‑1365. Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 1980.
Pinder, Wilhelm. Die Kunst der Ersten Burgerzeit. Frankfurt: Menck, 1956.
Porter, Pamela. Courtly Love in Medieval Manuscripts. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2003.
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