Costumes of the Greeks and Romans (Dover Fashion and Costumes)

You have got to love Dover Publishing. They have republished a two hundred year old work by the Anglo/Dutch banker/designer Thomas Hope. As a young man, Hope toured the Continent visiting not only ancient Roman and Greek sites but also many private antiquities collections. He sketched the ancient images of people and the gods. His line sketches remind me of the iconic drawings of scenes from the Iliad produced by his contemporary, John Flaxman. Thomas Hope compliled over 700 these beautifully rendered illustrations and used them in a book published in 1809. I am sure that in the two hundred years since "Ancient Costumes" was published, the study of Greek and Roman costume has made great advances. Nevertheless, Thomas Hope's efforts are the foundation on which the modern study of ancient costumes is based. This a beautiful book published at a very reasonable price. Highly recommended.

My main complaint about this — and I understand that Dover mainly deals in public domain clip art books — is that this reprint of an 1812 book has illustrations taken from murals and vases etc., but does not reference the particular era of the dresses themselves. Also hard to tell how accurate the images (the originals, not the drawings of them) are if they are not from the era themselves.

Older scholarship, but still a very good value for the money.

This is a great reference book for making Greek costuming or referencing Greek patterns.

I was really hoping for more illustrations so I could SEE examples of Greek and Roman dress without having to try to imagine it in my head. But it does seem to have good info. Extant examples would have made it a much better pick for me.

I love it!

This is an outstanding source for me as a theater costume student. It has hundreds of pages of variations on the greek and roman clothing and makes it easy to find options and ideas for design.

This book is great! All the illustrations were beautiful and depicted very accurately. There were even Greek and Roman colum designs, and even Greek chariots designs! There were also ancient Egptian clothing, this book is full of bonuses! :)

Mi aspettavo più spiegazioni tecniche, c'è una breve introduzione (poche pagine) sul costume dagli egizi in poi, poi solo immagini (disegni). Nessuna spiegazione tecnica. Ovviamente tutto in inglese ma di facile comprensione

Il testo vero e proprio è di poche pagine. Le illustrazioni sono moltissime e ben fatte. Piccolo problema: non hanno didascalie sufficientemente dettagliate perché possano davvero essere utili. Comunque, con un po' di sforzo fanno sempre comodo.

Good to starters in the ancient civilizations but it lacks in colour pictures. Thanks for the quickly deliver! Full recomended