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Jun 26, 2021 · Northern Europe continued to pursue different ideals of beauty and fashion in the 1470s. When Maria Maddalena Baroncelli of Florence married Tommaso Portinari, the manager of the Bruges branch of the Medici bank in 1470, she adopted the fashions of her new home, as seen in the portrait by Hans Memling (Fig. 7) that was probably completed soon ...
Northern Renaissance Culture During the 1400s commerce and trade flourished in northern Europe, around the coast of the Baltic Sea and in the Rhine River region of Germany. These areas were linked with trade routes to Italy and the region around the Mediterranean Sea in the south.
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Around 1450, the dress of northern Europe developed a low V-neck that showed a glimpse of the square-necked kirtle. The neckline could be filled in with a sheer linen partlet. Wide turn-backs like revers displayed a contrasting lining, frequently of fur or black velvet, and the sleeves might be cuffed to match.
The French invasion of Italy marked the beginning of a new phase of European politics, during which the Valois kings of France and the Habsburgs of Germany fought each other, with the Italian states as their reluctant pawns. For the next 60 years the dream of Italian conquest was pursued by every French king, none of them having learned ...
Jun 28, 2021 · Shoulder-length wavy hair and a coat trimmed with a spotted fur would be very fashionable in the new century that was just a few years away. We see similar coats and hairstyles in a French manuscript (Fig. 7). During the 1490s, men’s fashion in Italy and in northern Europe came closer together.
Some of the most important changes in northern Europe include the: invention of the printing press, c. 1450. advent of mechanically reproducible media such as woodcuts and engravings. formation of a merchant class of art patrons that purchased works in oil on panel.
Jun 24, 2021 · The woman on the far left, whose blue voided velvet giornea is worn over a golden gamurra, has a headdress based upon a padded roll covered with fabric. In northern Europe it was called a bourrelet (Van Buren and Wieck 296), in Italy the ghirlanda (Herald 217), and in both regions it was a well-established style. What makes this ghirlanda ...
