Mardi Gras Treasures: Costume Designs of the Golden Age

by Henri Schindler

Book Overview

The fantastic costumes of Carnival's Golden Age (1870-1930) depicted themes drawn from mythology, epic literature, history, nature, and whimsy. Beginning with the first tableaux and pageant balls of the Twelfth Night Revelers, Rex, and the Knights of Momus, Golden Age costume design was a tremendous spectacle of whimsy, mythology, and satire. Costumes included an extraordinary array of creatures: demons, fairies, magicians, animals and vegetables...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1565547241
• ISBN13: 9781565547247
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 2.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.8" x 11.5"