THE254: Costume I, Image Research: Garments/Cultures Assignment

Find images of actual garments, jewelry, and other dress accessories in museum collections as well as depictions of garments in sculpture, paintings, prints, and other two- and three-dimensional works of art.

Helpful subject begins with phrases for finding books and catalogs about the history of dress and fashion are:

• Clothing and dress -- [country or region name]
  eg., Clothing and dress -- Greece
• [Cultural or ethnic group] -- Social life and customs
  eg., Inuit -- Arctic regions -- Social life and customs
• Culture or ethnic group -- Clothing
  Yoruba (African people) -- Clothing
  Indians of South America -- Clothing -- Peru
• Women's clothing | Men's clothing | Children's clothing
• [garment names], eg., Kimonos | Underwear | Hats | Footwear | Shoes | Cloaks
• Materials
  eg., Fur | Fur garments
• Costume -- History -- [time period], eg. To 500

Helpful subject keywords for finding heavily illustrated books and catalogs in all subjects are:

• Exhibitions | In art | Illustrations | Photographs | Pictorial Works | Portraits

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