The course will focus on the main weave structures of ancient textiles, both from a technical and a historical point of view. Moreover, adopting a Eurasian perspective, the course will deal with the main topics of the history of sumptuary textiles from the Middle Ages to the 18th century. Some episodes of the fashion history between the Middle Ages and contemporary age will also be considered, especially between the 18th and 20th centuries.
The course aims at providing methodological instruments and advanced skills for the analysis and multi-level comprehension of the historical fabrics and artistic, cultural, and social phenomena related to the textile medium.
The main educational goals are:
At the end of the course, students are expected to identify the most important weave structures and manage the CIETA form and standards for analyzing and classifying historical textiles. They will be able to recognize the stylistic, artistic and historical main tendencies of the sumptuary textile items from the Middle Ages to the 18th century, and the most important episodes of the fashion up to the 20th century, critically reading the main cultural phenomena related to the European history of textiles and costume.
Basic skills of history of art from Middle Ages to 20th century.
The course consists of two modules.
The first module regards principles of textile analysis, classification and cataloguing. The main topics are:
The second module analyses the history of the sumptuary fabrics from the Middle Ages to the 18th century, also mentioning case studies related to the history of fashion until the 20th century. The main topics are:
MARIA LUDOVICA ROSATI (President)
GIANLUCA AMERI
Thursday 30 September 2021
