Based on the realisation that fashionable silhouettes are tied to the time in which they were created, basic knowledge of fashion and textiles from their beginnings to the Middle Ages is taught. 

On the basis of selected visual sources and realia, a cultural history of clothing as part of world and everyday culture is developed.The following aspects are of particular interest and form focal points: 

- Relationship between (three-dimensional) body and clothing (two- or three-dimensional)

- Basic knowledge of the history of fashion for both sexes 

 - Conveying the image of the world and the human being of the time periods that have shaped silhouettes (historical time window)

- Rituals and performance staging,- gestures, dress language, and accessories.

- Textile history: Economic developments and technical inventions 

 - Sensitisation of the ability to distinguish between fashionable, ethnic and functional clothing

- History of economic and distribution processes

 

Bönsch, Annemarie, Formengeschichte Europäischer Kleidung, Wien-Köln- Weimar 2001

Boucher, Francois, 20 000 Years of Fashion. The History of Costume and Personal Adornment, London 1987  

Hunter, Clare, Threads of Life, London 2019

Geppert, Silke, Mode unter dem Kreuz, Salzburg 2013

Gordon, Beverly, Textiles. The whole Story, London 2011

Kania, Katrin, Kleidung im Mittelalter. Materialien – Konstruktion – Nähtechnik, Köln und Weimar, 2010

Kat. Mode Schauen, Wien – Innsbruck 2021

McDowell, Colin, The Anatomy of Fashion, London 2013

Reclams Mode- und Kostüm Lexikon, Hg. von Ingrid Loschek und Gundula Wolter, Stuttgart 1987 und spätere Auflagen  

Wilckens, Leonie von, Die textilen Künste, München 1991

Rieff Anawalt, Patricia, Weltgeschichte der Bekleidung, Bern 2007

 

 

Weiterführende Literatur zur Antike

Bieber, Margarete, Griechische Kleidung,  Berlin und Leipzig 1928

Bieber, Margarete, Entwicklungsgeschichte der griechischen Tracht, Berlin 1967

Bonfante, Larissa, Etruscan Dress, Baltimore 1975

Kat. Der Lebenskreis der Kopten, Wien 1995

Kat. Die Kleider des Pharaos, Die Verwendung von Stoffen in alten Ägypten, Hannover 1995

Kat. Die Macht der Toga. Dress Code im Römischen Weltreich, Hildesheim 2013

Kleidung und Identität in religiösen Kontexten der römischen Kaiserzeit. Regensburg 2012

 

Students must take a written exam at the end of the lecture dates. There are 3 examination dates. The written exam includes open questions and can also be done in english.
Students' attendance at the lectures is not compulsory, but is recommended.
Evaluation and grading
The grade is composed only of the results of the written exam. In case of a negative result, the exam can be repeated up to 3 times.
Methods and expectations
Handwritten notes and drawings are encouraged during the lecture. Students are also allowed to use their laptops. The most important key words can be found on the lecture script, the notes should supplement these. Questions and comments on the topic may be asked at any time.
Basic literature should be read in addition to the lectures (Handapparat Bibliothek) 

 

Aims

Students receive an overview of the history of fashion and aspects of textile history. They can recognise fashionable silhouettes and classify them historically and socially.

Organisation

This course is designed as a lecture. The contents are lectured, short discussions can be integrated.   The course ends with a written exam which focuses on the reproduction of the contents.

Material

The following materials will be provided to the students. Keyword list for the individual lectures Extensive handbook in the library

Prerequisites

This lecture is an overview lecture with an introductory character. Previous knowledge of the content is not necessary.