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[veriobird]

I've been doing some thinking and have realized that there are several areas of the "arts" that I enjoy, and really want/need to become more knowledgeable. I've already taken steps in one of them, but as for the other 2, I'm not totally sure where to start. So, I've decided to start with the step of resource materials! I tend to use the Internet

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[maydaybabe]

I was going to tell veriobird to have you give her the stuff you gave me...but you beat me to it! awesome pics and lots of great ideas!

[veriobird]

Thank you!

[ladybirdkiller]

I'd very highly recommend this book
http://www.amazon.com/Moda-Firenze-1540-1580-Eleonora-influenza/dp/8883048679/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1203963567&sr=8-1
it's detail comparisons are amazing

[veriobird]

Thank you! I ordered this today (and a few other things that looked good). After pay day, I think I may take a crack at the list C. gave me. :) Happy Veriobird!

For 16th C Italian Stuff

[callistotoni]

Pricey but faboo books:

- Moda a Firenze 1540-1580. Has become the new QEWU'd, IMHO.

- A Tresury of Great Italian Textiles, Santangelo. I think getting a good sense of of period design patterns is important.

-- At Home in Renaissance Italy, ed. Marta Ajmar-Wolleim and Flora Dennis. The catalog for the 2006 V&A exhibit. Wonderful essays! I love this book. :-)

-- Sofonisba Anguissonl: The First Great Woman Artist of the Renaissance, by Ilya Dandra Perlingieri. Hard to find now. :-(

Other stuff:

- The Dover Vecelloio's Renasissnace Costume Book. Etchings. I read over at Relm of Venus that there will be a new translation of this coming out.

-- The Milanese Tailor's book. This is online somewhere, although I believe

Re: For 16th C Italian Stuff

[veriobird]

Wow, you rock! I'll have to take a look and figure out where to start on the ordering. Thank you!!!

[kareina]

For even earlier than Viking stuff, I really enjoyed reading the following book. I checked it out when I was doing my master's and while the geology papers I was reading for my degree put me to sleep, this one was so fascinating, I read it cover to cover! Some hint of what is in the book (which isn't easy to obtain) is available on this web page:

http://www.miun.se/misc/hum/regark/HOGOM.html

The book:

The Hogom Find and Other Migration Period Textiles and Costumes in Scandinavia: Hogom Part II
Nockert, Margareta
ISBN 10: 9171746161
ISBN 13: 9789171746160
Publisher: University of Umea, Department of Archaeology
Publication Date: 1991