Writing History-1500 word essay

Requirements: Participants must give a five-minute oral presentation based on a historical image 0

their choice (i.e. prior to the twentieth century). Analyse the image and discuss it in relation to a

theme that  you develop. This topic can be related to, or separate from, a chosen essay topics. Contextualise the image with any supporting media, references, objects, etc.

 

 

 

 

3. Writing History-1500 word essay

 

Individual project

 

 

Weighting: 50%

 

 

Due date: By 11:59pm, Thursday 28 May. Submit by uploading to Turnitin.

 

 

Learning Outcomes: 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5

 

Aim: To analyse and evaluate information, and communicate  the findings of your research in the form of an academic essay.

 

Requirement:

 

You can choose or adapt an essay topic from one of the following, or develop your own in consultation with your tutorial leader. The essay question should be associated to a topic of one of the lectures. If your question is not approved by your tutorial leader your essay will not be considered for assessment and you will receive a fail grade. If you develop your own essay question

this needs to be finalised and approved by your tutorial leader during the tutorial in week 7.

 

1. Compare and contrast the fashions of the Gothic and Renaissance periods or the

Baroque and Rococo periods.

 

2. Discuss the development of fashion dissemination (for example, Pandora dolls,               th

fashion plates, fashion magazines) from the 17th century to the beginning of the 20

century.

 

3. Investigate the influence of fashion on Hollywood and Hollywood costumes and stars on fashion.

 

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4. Evaluate and discuss the impact of fashion on art and art on f h”  n relationship between fashion and the fine and decorative arts in the Gothic, Renaissance,

Baroque, Rococo, Neoclassic or Romantic period.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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5. Discuss the influence of English fashions on France and French fashions on England during the 18th and early 19th centuries.

 

6. How did the establishment of the haute couture industry in the mid 19th century affect the production, consumption and dissemination offashion?

 

7. How did the clothing and accessories worn by Queen Elizabeth I reflect her status and power?

 

8. 8. How were masculinities expressed through clothing of the elite in the 17th century?

 

9. How did Melbourne reflect its fashionability in the 19th century?

 

10. Discuss the emergence of printed cotton dress and furnishing fabrics (lawns, batistes, muslins and gauzes) in the Rococo period of the 18th century.

 

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11. “Through the artifice of apparel, the less than perfect can camouflage perceived deficiencies and in some instances project an appeal beyond those gifted with characteristics accepted as ideal in their culture and time”1 Discuss.

 

12. How did sumptuary laws passed during the Renaissance, and associated to colours, garments, accessories and decoration, regulate and reinforce social hierarchies?

 

 

 

Images

 

The essay should include images referenced in an appropriate manner.

 

Bibliography

 

 

Use the Harvard citation  style to list a minimum of ten references used in your essay. These should be presented in alphabetical order, listed according to the authors’ surname .

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