Costume History

History of Costume

Fall 2011

Annette Lynch

Faculty Office:  243 Latham, 273-2114, office hours 11:00 - 12: 30, Tuesday & Thursday, and by appointment

Center for Violence Prevention: 219 Sabin Hall, 273-3054

 

Required Text:

Polan, B. & Tredre, R.  (2009). The Great Fashion Designers. Oxford and New York: Berg Publishers

Russell, D. A. (1983) Costume history & style. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall.

Wilcox, C. (2005). Vivienne Westwood. London: Victoria and Albert Museum.

Course Objectives:

1.    Provide historical overview of costume history in the United States and Europe.

2.    Introduce students to sources of information and research in costume history.

3.    Introduce students to costume collection management in a museum setting.

4.    Help students understand the relationship between the social construction of gender and the history of costume in Europe and the United States.

5.    Examine the relationship of economic, political, technological, artistic, and social life to costume history.

Course Requirements and Grading System

Exam 1	20% of grade	September 27
Exam 2	25% of grade	November 1
Final Exam	30% of grade	December
Vintage Remake & Artifact Study	25 % of grade	Due dates listed in Syllabus
	100%

 

Class Policies

Notice:  Students are required to attend lecture on Friday, October 14 at 4 PM.  "When Does Fashion Become Art?" Speaker: Ingrid Mida from Toronto, Ontario.

Attendance Policy: Students are expected to be at all class sessions. It is the instructor's philosophy that classes should be attended to receive full credit for a college level course. Attendance roll will be taken and penalties assessed for excessive missed classes, medically excused or not. The following penalty schedule will be applied in the class:

	more than 3 classes missed - loss of one full grade in course
	more than 5 classes missed - loss of two full grades in course
	more than 7 classes missed - failure for the entire course

Assignments - Assignments are due in class on the due date. Any work not turned in on time will be marked one grade lower. After the first late week, two grades lower.

Exams - Students who must miss an exam due to extreme illness or other emergency must contact me in advance of the exam in order to arrange a make-up assignment.  Your make-up assignment will be a 20 research paper in the content area of the exam. 

Students with Special Needs:

The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) provides protection from discrimination for qualified individuals with disabilities. Students with a disability, who require assistance, will need to contact the Office of Disability Services (ODS) for coordination of academic accommodations. The ODS is located at 213 Students Services Center. Their phone number is 319-273-2676. Students should also feel free to contact the professor if there are accommodations that can be made.

Tentative Schedule

August 23	Introduction
August 25	Greek/Etruscan	Russell 4 and 5

 

August 30	Roman
September 1	Byzantine Carolingian	Russell 6 & 7

 

September 6	Byzantine/Carolingian	Russell  7
September 8	Gothic	Russell 8 and 9

 

September 13	Gothic	Russell 9
September 15	Renaissance	Russell 10

 

September 20	Early Mannerism/Late Mannerism	Russell 12-13
September 22	Exam Review Session

 

September 27	Exam I
September 29	Vintage Artifact Show and Tell

 

October 4	Flamboyant and Classic Baroque
October 6	Library Research Day	Russell 14 & 15

 

October 11	Rococo	Russell 16
October 13	Revolution/Directoire/French Empire	Russell 17

 

 

 

October 18	Romantic	Rusell 18
October 20	Victorian	Russell 19-20

 

October 25	Victorican, cont.	Russell 21
October 27	Exam Review

 

November 1	Exam 2
November 3	Artifact Study Project Question Day

 

November 8	Artifact Studies Due	Class Presentations of Projects
November 10	Early Days, 1910-1930, Part 1 & 2	Great Designers, Parts 1 & 2

 

November 15	1940-1950, Part 3	Great Designers, Part 3
November 17	Vintage Remake Work Day

 

November 22	Thanksgiving Break
November 24	Thanksgiving Break

 

November 29	1970s, Part 4	Great Designers, Part 4
December 1	1980s and 1990s, Part 5 and 6	Great Designers, Part 5 and 6

 

 

December 6	Vintage Remake Runway Show
December 8	Exam Review	Designer Notebook Due

FINAL EXAM: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 8 AM

October 14: Required Lecture: "When Does Fashion Become Art?" Speaker: Nigrid Mida, from Toronto, Ontario.  4 PM UNI Commons - Georgian Lounge