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Sumptuary laws are |
c. laws that regulate expenditures on luxury goods such as clothing and furnishings |
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Of the various motivations for dress, which is the one generally acknowledged to be the primary motive? |
c. decoration |
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The word zeitgeist is a German word that means...
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a. the spirit of the times |
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Draped clothing is...
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c. made by pinning, folding, pleating, and/or belting fabrics around the body.
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Which of the following is an accurate statement about fashion? |
c. Fashion appears to have originated in Western Europe during the Middle Ages. |
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The word tunic is generally applied to a garment that is described as follows: |
D-a garment to cover the torso that has an opening for the head and arms and is roughly T-shaped.
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The garments of the civilizations of the ancient world were, with few notable exceptions, draped rather than tailored. T/F
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A-true
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The closest modern equivalent to what archeologist call a "fibula" would be...
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e. a safety pin
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The name of some authors give to the skirt-like garment worn by Egyptian men and women is... |
b. schenti
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animal skins were worn by priests and kings as upper body coverings because
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c. the believed the powers of the animal would be magically transferred to the wearer.
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Woolen garments were worn by Egyptian priests when they served in their ceremonial roles in the temples. T/F |
b. False |
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Which of the following textile fibers were most extensively used in ancient Egypt? |
c. linen |
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The evidence found to date indicates that only Egyptian women were tattooed. T/F |
a. True |
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The Minoans lived.. |
c. the island of Crete |
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What is the name of the garment described here: A garment for men and women that was cut full and pinned with a number of small pins over the arms... |
a. Ionic chiton |
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The name of the garment in which Greek philosophers were most likely to be depicted was |
c. himation |
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Under this garment the philosopher would most likely be shown as wearing |
e. nothing |
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Infants in ancient Greece were wrapped in bands of fabric, a practice called |
b. swaddling |
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The components of Greek military costume included a close-fitting, shaped body armor that, in modern terminology, is called: |
a. cuirass |
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The Hercules knot, the stephane, and laurel wreath were all part of Greek costume for |
a. a bride |
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Which of the following garments was restricted in use to male Roman citizens? |
e. toga |
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Which of the following garments would be worn by a respectable married Roman woman? |
e. stola |
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Pallium, himation, chlamys, and paludamentum all fall under the general category of |
c. mantles |
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If a Roman man said he was going to "put on the sagum" he meant that |
b. he was going to war |
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A Roman woman who wore a saffron-colored palla, six pads of artificial hair, and a flammeum would have been |
a. a bride |
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The most elaborately cut, fitted, and patterned garments of any of those classical antiquity were the clothes of |
e. Crete |
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Wool was the fabric most used by poor people during the Middle Ages. T/F |
a. True |
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One of the most important elements of Byzantine costumes was |
c. jewelry |
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How were married and older women distinguished from unmarried younger women in the 10 &11 centuries? |
a. Unmarried women wore their hair loose and uncovered. |
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The reason given for the developement of long, pointed toed shoes in the 12th century by a monk of the time was |
c. A local count wanted to hide his bunions |
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These long pointed shoes were called |
d. a (poulines) and c (pulley-toes) |
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During the 14th century what had been called cote in women's dress was called a gown. T/F |
a. true |
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During the 14th and 15th centuries styles for men and women began to change much more rapidly than had been the case in earlier centuries. T/F |
a. true |
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The 15th century jacket was worn with |
c. hose |
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Until they reached the age of four or five, boys of the 15th century were dressed the same as girls. T/F |
a. true |
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The costume of students of the Middle Ages served as the basis for modern academic gowns. T/F |
a. true |
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The custom of buttoning men's coats from the left over the right probably originated from the construction of medieval plate armor. T/F |
a. true |
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The period which we call the Renaissance |
b. grew out of a renewed interest in the writings and art of classical antiquity |
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Among the developments of the Renaissance that continues in use in present-day life can be included
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The plays of William Shakespeare, patterns and styles in textile fabrics, the invention of gunpowder (as a propellant), and styles in furniture
e. all of the above |
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Which of the following descriptions most accurately reflects the overall character of women's clothing during the Italian Renaissance of the 15th century?
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b. Lavish use of opulent fabrics gave garments of relatively straight cut a splendid appearance and rich decorative effects were achieved by carefully manipulating layers of garments.
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A ferroniere was
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b. a chain of metal or pearls worn across the forehead with a jeweled decoration located at the center of the forehead
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The word "chopines" means |
a. a high, platform-soled shoe |
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The word camicia in Italian refers to |
e. a ( a man's shirt) and b (a woman's chemise) |
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Spain became a major imfluence in both politics and fashions in the 16th century because |
a. it gained enormous wealth as a result of Columbus' voyage to the New World |
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Intermarriage amoung memebers of royal families from different parts of Europe helped to spread fashions from one region to another. T/F |
a. True |
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The development of the fashion for wide, stiff neck ruffs came about, in part, because |
b. skills for making lace developed rapidly during the 16th century |
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The slashed decoration with contrasting fabric linings underneath are supposed to have originated |
c. with the Swiss army |
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A major change in the fit of stockings came about |
c. when knitting machines were invented at the time of Queen Elizabeth I |
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Which of the following were NOT elements of men's costume during the 16th century in Northern Europe? |
c. farthingales |
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Which of the following are undergarments today, but were a visible part of the outer garments in the 16th century |
a. petticoats |
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Which garment is called a conch? |
b. Sheer, gauze-like veils worn cape-like over the shoulders, with high, standing collar behind the head. |
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Which garment is called a farthingale? |
a. Dresses with enormous skirts worn over a wheelshaped device. |
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The material used for stuffing trunk hose and doublets to achieve a fashionable silhouette in the 16th century was called, in England,
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a. bombast
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