tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670213486548123819.post6954579853237414875..comments2024-03-24T21:42:17.025-04:00Comments on Loose Threads: <small>Yet Another Costuming Blog</small>: A Meaty ItemCathy Raymondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04580681386443534011noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670213486548123819.post-25323919032217310432018-04-04T17:01:07.905-04:002018-04-04T17:01:07.905-04:00Ooh, those are great masque costumes. I'm inc...Ooh, those are great masque costumes. I'm inclined to agree about Aristophanes' costumes, although that's partly because I like the idea of the clouds as grey-robed anti-muses. Maybe karyatids, holding up the pediment of the thinkery.Stella Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05469996244394603024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670213486548123819.post-39519340925037681642018-04-03T16:44:46.476-04:002018-04-03T16:44:46.476-04:00Hi, Stella! Thanks for stopping by.
I feel sur...Hi, Stella! Thanks for stopping by. <br /><br />I feel sure that the costumes of Aristophanes' choruses were important and could have been elaborate. It's a shame we don't have evidence of what they looked like, but my suspicion is that they would have been more evocative than literal, in the way that Chinese opera costumes are evocative of the characters but not a literal depiction of the fantastical characters sometimes featured in such operas. 16th century masquing costumes are more evocative than literal. The biggest step they take toward being costumery is that they carefully distinguish themselves from normal clothing--in the women's case, by being more flowing and drapey than women's clothing was at the time. You can check out period sketches of masque costumes here: http://www.elizabethancostume.net/masque/index.htmlCathy Raymondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04580681386443534011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670213486548123819.post-18569405965355912822018-04-03T16:06:32.813-04:002018-04-03T16:06:32.813-04:00I’m reminded of the costumes worn by Aristophanes’...I’m reminded of the costumes worn by Aristophanes’ choruses: clouds, birds, frogs, wasps etc. So far as I know there isn’t a lot of evidence for what they looked like or whether they were necessarily costumes in the sense of clothing intended to make the actors literally look like clouds or birds, but they were probably fairly elaborate.Stella Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05469996244394603024noreply@blogger.com