Costumes in Famous Paintings

Mar'yana Skuratovskaya – a historian and researcher, a specialist in fashion history, a member of the Writers' Union of Russia. How did artists convey the fashion of their time, and where did they embellish? What do the outfits "say" about the status, character, and secrets of their owner? For what reasons did clothing change through the centuries? Lavish dresses, exquisite fabrics, cut, accessories, and hairstyles… An outfit can say much more about its owner and time than it may seem at first glance. In this book, we will analyze famous canvases of European and Russian painting from the Renaissance to the early 20th century. You will learn to look at paintings the way fashion historians do: noticing the details of the outfits, understanding their language, and seeing the living people and an entire era behind them!