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THE GREEK FOLK COSTUME 1

THE GREEK FOLK COSTUME 1

SKU: 9602040491
€74.20Price

Angeliki Chadjimichali

folklorist

  • Details

    400 pages

    hundreds of color and black & white photographs, drawings

    hardback, 30x25 cm

  • Description

    The masterpieces of folk handicrafts, which through the aspiration of the simple artisan reach the heights of true artistic creation, are presented in this publication. The diversity of costumes from the various areas of Greece, the impressive decoration, the detailed embroidery and the dazzling colours represent the wealth of Greek tradition. This is an exhaustive, authoritative and comprehensive publication, lavishly illustrated with material from the unique collections of the Benaki Museum in Athens.

    The book also shows how costume covers the specific demands which are created by geographical position and local climatological conditions. These dictate the production and processing of material as well as the commercial relations of each community. Therefore, the costume of each locality expresses the aesthetic perceptions of each community and reflects its special characteristics of its way of life. The book covers Costumes with the Sigouni of the following areas: Atalanti, Arachova, Sarakatsani, Florina, Eleusis, Tanagra, Hassia, Attica, Corinthia, Argos, Agianna, Edipsos, Paramythia, Souli, Pogoni, Dropolis, Garitsa

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  • Contents

    Attica. The formal costume for women at the Court of Queen Olga originated from the costume of this region

    Eleusis, also in Attica

    Tanagra

    Atalandi

    Arachova

    Aitoloakarnania

    Corinthia

    Argos

    Agianna

    Edipsos

    Hassia

    Paramythia

    Souli

    Pogoni

    Dropolis

    Garitsa 

    The Sarakatsani costume with all its local variation

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