Costumes of the Greeks and Romans

by Thomas Hope

Book Overview

From headdresses to sandals, from warrior's armor to priestess's robes, the authentic costumes of people from all walks of life in the Roman and Greek civilizations are here pictured comprehensively and clearly. Three hundred finely drawn, detailed engravings (containing over 700 illustrations) show just what was worn by the poets, philosophers, priests and priestesses, peasants, Bacchanalians, emperors, generals, Amazons, and virgins of a bygone...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486200213
• ISBN13: 9780486200217
• Release Date: June 1962
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Great for costume references!

This book is great, we are using it to correctly dress some of our program participants for a function wehave coming up.

Aysegul Gungor

This is a very useful book for Art and Design classes. I used it in my design homework and my teacher really liked my new design which I was impressed by the Greek costumes in this book. Aysegul (12 years)

Quality for a low price!

This is one of the best books on the subject. Every costume, theatrical and visual artist will find this book to be an excellent resource of the period. The illustrations are clear, and beautifully rendered.

Excellent resource for teachers of classics and history

The book contains a huge variety of classical drawings which teachers and students can use for fun and enlightenment. Any of the illustrations can be copied on reports, projects, tests or quizzes. They can be enlarged too. You can get a great deal of use from this inexpensive treasure.