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Beauty in the Bronze Age - Minoan & Mycenaean Fashion
Dress and appearance in Bronze Age Greece (c. 3100 BCE - c. 1100 BCE) played a part in defining gender roles and emphasising idealized beauty that planted the seed for modern-day standards. The Minoans turned the island of Crete into a Mediterranean...
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THE ULTIMATE FASHION HISTORY: The Elizabethan Era
As there were so many different fashion moments throughout The Renaissance, The Ultimate Fashion History has decided to break this era down into several shorter lectures, highlighting the dominant male and female fashion looks of the 15th...
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Mesopotamia: History of Fashion
This video adequately details the costume, hair and makeup (both male and female) of the Mesopotamians, specifically the Sumerians that lived in the Southern region of modern day Iraq.
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Amazon Women
In Greek mythology, the Amazons were a race of warlike women noted for their riding skills, courage, and pride, who lived at the outer limits of the known world, sometimes specifically mentioned as the city of Themiskyra on the Black Sea...
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Hippolyta
Hippolyta, or Hippolyte, was a queen of the Amazons in Greek mythology. A daughter of Ares, the Greek god of war, and Otrera, queen of the Amazons, she is a significant figure in the legends of Hercules and Theseus. In the present day, she...
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Mosaic of Amazon Warrior Fighting Greek Rider
An ancient Roman mosaic from the 4th century CE depicting an Amazon warrior in mounted combat against a Greek rider. The Greek is seizing the Phrygian cap of the Amazon. Cropped detail of a mosaic from Daphne, a suburb of Antioch on the Orontes...
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Amazon and Barbarian
Roman sculpture in pentellic marble. An amazon rider is about to deal the fatal blow to a barbarian. This marble sculpture is influenced by the 2nd century BCE Pergamene school of sculpture and itself dates from the mid-2nd century CE. Provenance...
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Chinese Fashion Through the Dynasties
This video describes the various fashion practices of ancient China across the dynasties.
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THE ULTIMATE FASHION HISTORY: Ancient Greece
In this episode of The Ultimate Fashion History, "it's all Greek to me"! And it will be to you, too, as we look at clothing in The Minoan, Mycenaean, Hellenic, and Hellenistic eras. Enjoy.
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Spectacle Fibula with Spiral Discs
This fibula (spiral brooch) is made from a single piece of coiled bronze and would have been used to fasten two halves of a garment at the shoulder. Perhaps from Macedonia. 10th-8th century BCE. (Hellenic Museum, Melbourne, Victoria).