Course: Art & Fashion throughout the centuries

In this new course developed by art historian Carien Kanters, we will look at how art and fashion have been connected through all times, following the evolution of styles in architecture, painting , sculpture and fashion from Egyptian Antiquity to the 21st century. 

We will travel from the pure and simple lines of greek antiquity to the glamourous mosaics and embroideries of the Byzantines, elongated towers on gothic cathedrals and 2 feet long pointed shoes of the 14th century.

During this course you will learn what role clothes play in the Baroque art of the Dutch Golden age, and if people really wore what Rembrandt and Vermeer depicted . The feminine curls of Rococo interiors reflected in Marie Antoinettes enormous skirts return in the nostaligic romanticism of the Victorian age, followed by impossible corsets to make women look like Art Nouveau vases. Cubism and Chanel did away with that, but at the height of abstract art in the 1950’s, Dior brought back old fashioned femininity. Painters have often designed fabrics , but recently some fashion designers profile themselves as artists, while others are high tech engineers, creating weightless sculptures of timeless beauty.

Subjects:
Egypt, Greece, Rome,  15th-16th century  gothic and Renaissance | 17th century |18th century | 19th century | Roaring twenties, Art Deco, Chanel, Surrealism |Dior, Givenchy, film & fashion | Pop art, YSL, Prada, Warhol |Punk, Vivienne Westwood,  wearable art& technical innovations

8 lectures and 1 excursion (Rijksmuseum High Society)
Lecture dates: , 22, 29 january , 5, 19 february , 5,12,19, 26 march. Excursion data: 9 april.
No syllabus available