January 25, 2020
Seminar | "The evolution of precious fabrics from the Baroque era to the Empire period: technical and stylistic characteristics"
Second of a couple of seminars addressed to the evolution of various decorative types used in textiles – flower and plant motifs and their meanings – from Baroque era to the Empire period, as well as the development of taste and the idea of ‘fashion’ in clothing and furnishings.
"The evolution of precious fabrics in clothing and furnishings, from the Baroque era to the Empire period: technical and stylistic characteristics"

Chair: Lorenzo Pesci

The seminar addresses the evolution of various decorative types used in textiles – flower and plant motifs and their meanings – from the Baroque era to the Empire period, as well as the development of taste and the idea of ‘fashion’ in clothing and furnishings.

The material presented, paradigms of the very best of the period’s textile production, first and foremost Italian, is made up in large part of a vast iconographic repertory, projected in the classroom, and for the rest, exhibition of a selected sampler of period textile products: a series of ‘historic’ church paraments conserved over the centuries by the territory’s churches.

saturday 14th of December, 2019

10am - 1pm | 2pm - 5pm

at Fondazione Arte della Seta Lisio

via Benedetto Fortini 143, 50125 Firenze

INTENDED FOR
Students, students of history of costume,  history of fashion, historical tailoring, tour guides, art critics, cultural and textile heritage operators, enthusiasts.

AT THE END OF THE COURSE
Certificate of attendance

ENROLLMENT
To register, please send the enrollment form to the mail address didat@fondazionelisio.org ; then pay the fee by credit cars through the form at the end of the page

or pay by  offline payments 

FEE

  • 36,00 € 

free lunch (delivery takeout available)

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