HHIA04113U HIS/IKK, Dress and Fashion in Early Modern Europe (1500-1650)
MA-level:
Module I-VI [MA Programme, 2008-Curriculum]
MA-elective:
Module I-VI [MA-elective Programme, 2008-Curriculum]
BA-level [Internal BA-elective for BA students of History]
Module T4 (Subject element HHIB10501E) [BA-elective studies, 2007- and 2013-Curriculum]
Module T5 (Subject element HHIB10511E) [BA-elective studies, 2007- and 2013-Curriculum]
ART HISTORY [IKK]
[Board of Studies at the Department of Arts and Cultutal Studies]
MA-level:
Module 12 (Subject element HMKK03251E) [MA Programme, 2008-Curriculum]
MA-elective:
Module 13 (Subject element HKUK03721E) [MA-elective Programme, 2008-Curriculum]
MODERN CULTURE [IKK]
[Board of Studies at the Department of Arts and Cultutal Studies]
MA-level:
Module 12 (Subject element HKUK03711E) [MA Programme, 2008-Curriculum]
MA-elective:
Module 11 (Subject element HMKK03231E) [MA Programme, 2008-Curriculum]
Module 13 (Subject element HMKK03341E) [MA Programme, 2008-Curriculum]
PREHISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGY
MA-level:
Elective Archaeological Topic I (Subject element HFAK03211E) [MA Programme, 2008-Curriculum]
Elective Archaeological Topic II (Subject element HFAK03251E) [MA Programme, 2008-Curriculum]
General Archaeological Knowledge (Subject element HFAK03261E) [MA Programme, 2008-Curriculum]
MA-elective:
Elective Archaeological Topic II (Subject element HFAK03251E) [MA Programme, 2008-Curriculum]
CLASSICAL ARCHAEOLOGY
MA-level & MA-elective:
Classical Archaeological Topic (Subject element HKAK03211E) [MA Programme, 2008-Curriculum]
Analysis based on catalogue of Classical Archaeological Material (Subject element HKAK03221E) [MA Programme, 2008-Curriculum]
Academic Internship (Subject element HKAK03231E) [MA Programme, 2008-Curriculum]
Classical Archaeology and Acculturisation (Subject element HKAK03241E) [MA Programme, 2008-Curriculum]
Diachronic Analysis based upon Classical Archaeology (Subject element HKAK03251E) [MA Programme, 2008-Curriculum]
Dress and Fashion in Early Modern Europe (1500-1650)
The sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries
represented an important period of change in European fashions. The
rapid changes in tastes and the wide circulation of new fashion
innovations, popularised by European courts and promoted by
flourishing cloth trade, introduced new concepts into the
traditional, local ways of dressing, changing not only the way
clothing was made, decorated and worn, but also bringing new values
into the systems of dress. Fashionable appearance was no longer
associated just with the high cost of the fabric, but the display
of new styles and international fashion manufactures such as ruffs,
fans, or light silk fabrics, became an important part of the dress
culture. This course explores the contemporary historical
international research into early modern clothing, textile trade
and consumption in the Mediterranean region (mainly Italy) and
Scandinavia. The objective is to study what changes were introduced
in the sixteenth century into the local clothing cultures, how the
lives of individuals and families were visually transformed by such
changes, and, eventually, what constituted ‘fashions’ in the
period, in both South and North Europe. Special attention will be
given to the ‘global’ view of European fashions, in order to
develop a better understanding of how international trade and the
increasing presence of both European and non-European foreign
products shaped the appearances and life-styles of Europeans in the
sixteenth century. By providing new knowledge about fashion and
cross-cultural exchanges against the global background of
increasing and intensified cultural and economic networks, both
from the Southern European and Scandinavian perspectives, this
course provides the students a ground for a new and exciting
evaluation of the European cultural past.
The course presents the on-going research and results of the Centre
for Textile Research, an interdisciplinary centre of excellence
located at the Saxo Institute. Research in the field is undertaken
mainly by historians and archaeologists, but we will also invite
guest lecturers from the National Museum to present their
specialised knowledge to the students during the course.
Throughout the course, we will discuss dress and fashion in
relation to the social and economic context. The special themes to
be addressed include:
- Social and cultural meanings of dress
- Ideas about fashion
- Novelty in dress
- International textile trade and fashion dissemination
- Making and buying clothing
- Cultural practices associated with dress
The themes are designed to provide the students, first, with a
basic understanding of historical dress and its social and cultural
meanings in early modern European society. Both written and visual
evidence is used, then, to offer the participants the tools to
evaluate the impacts that novel fashion products and global
cultural encounters had on social behaviour, regulation of dress
and the cultural meanings that were associated with dress and
appearance, both in Italy as well as in Scandinavia.
Throughout the course, the students are encouraged to engage
closely with the research and production of new knowledge.
Please note that all lectures are compulsory and that students are
strongly encouraged to take part in the examinations.
The course is interdisciplinary. It aims to provide students with a
methodological understanding of how to obtain new knowledge by
combining sources from a variety of academic fields, including
archaeology, history, social ad economic history and fashion
theory. We will draw on both visual and written evidence.
Course objectives (clarification of some of the objectives
stipulated in the curriculum):
• nderstand historical clothing and its multiple social and
economic meanings in society
• acquire theoretical knowledge of fashion concepts and evaluate
the meaning and significance of the term ‘fashion’ in historical
context
• acquire knowledge of the current international fashion history
research in the broad economic and social context
• explore issues of textiles and clothing in relation to identity,
gender, age and international trade and apply them in material
culture studies
• evaluate ‘globalism’ in historical terms
• discuss theories relating to early modern consumer
culture
- Category
- Hours
- Class Instruction
- 56
- Total
- 56
History: anlum@hum.ku.dk
Art History + Modern Culture: lthomsen@hum.ku.dk
Prehistoric Archaeology: busch@hum.ku.dk
Classical Archaeology: frantzoulis@hum.ku.dk
Deadline for application form: 1st June 2014.
- Credit
- 15 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Other under invigilation
Criteria for exam assesment
Curriculum for Master's Programme in Art History, The 2008 Curriculum [also Elective studies].
Curriculum for Master's Programme in Modern Culture The 2008 Curriculum [also Elective studies].
Curriculum for Master´s Programme in Prehistoric Archaeology The 2008 Curriculum [also Elective studies].
Curriculum for Master´s Programme in Classical Archaeology The 2008 Curriculum [also Elective studies].
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- HHIA04113U
- Credit
- 15 ECTS
- Level
- Full Degree MasterBachelor choice,Full Degree Master choice
- Duration
- 1 semester
- Placement
- Autumn
- Schedule
- Thursdays: 9AM-12AM (Week 36-41 + 43-50)
In the Centre for Textile Research: Amager Fælledvej 56, entrance Orbit, 2nd floor in the library - Continuing and further education
- Study board
- Study Board of Archaeology, Ethnology, Greek & Latin, History
Contracting department
- SAXO-Institute - Archaeology, Ethnology, Greek & Latin, History
Course responsibles
- Paula Sofia Hohti (dgf131@hum.ku.dk)