Theatre 255 History
of Costume
Summer 2007-Euro Tour
Mary Wayne-Thomas
219 Scales Fine Arts Center
758-5086
wayne@wfu.edu
This course you will learn about historical costume by examining primary
sources, painting, sculptures, photographs and actual garments. We will visit museums, collections and a
number of performances in countries throughout
Text: Laver,
James. Costume and Fashion: A Concise
History. Fourth Edition. Thames and
During the trip:
Each student will be expected to participate in group tours of museums and collections. In addition, students should seek out additional resources to examine. We will also attend performances in most cities.
Requirements for the
class:
Before the trip:
Do assigned readings. Familiarize yourself with various silhouettes of each period. A pre-departure assignment will be given.
During the trip:
Group activities: In each city we will go to a museum or collection as a group.
Journal entries: Each student will create a journal of information and impressions of collections, exhibits, paintings and performances which you have seen on the trip. There should be at least one entry per city. The journal entries will be collected and graded several times during the trip. A more detailed explanation of the performance response will be given to you on the trip.
Post trip:
A research paper will be due Wednesday, August 1. You may write about one aspect of costume, a specific period, a specific painter or painters and how they deal with clothing in their paintings, or other narrowly focused topic. Your paper should be based on observations you have made on the trip supplemented with further research.
We will visit the following collections:
Musee Galleria-Musee de la mode de la Ville de Paris
Rijksmuseum-Amsterdam
Palazzo Mocenigo, Museo di Storia del Tessuto e Costume –
Pitti Palace-Costume Gallery-Florence
Museum of Decorative Arts-Prague
Victoria and Albert Museum- London
Museum of Decorative Art- Berlin
Other suggested sites you may want to consider:
Gemeentemuseum-
Brede Verke- Lyngby (20 min from
Pergamon Museum-Berlin
Theater Instituut
Nederland-Amsterdam
Theatre Museum-London
Fashion and Textile museum-London