Floating Nike
- Published/Created:
- ca. 500-400 BCE
- Date Depicted:
- 1975
8000 BC - 499 AD - Notes:
- In Greek dress fabric seems to cling to the body. The long overfold of this chiton ends at the thigh.
- Abstract:
- Greek dress depends on the body for its form. The Doric peplos is the earliest garment. More stylized, the Ionic chiton is from the classic period. Both garments are simply made with rectangular fabrics of linen or wool. In the peplos, fabric is wrapped a
- Topics:
- Costume -- Greece -- (LC)
Sculpture -- Greece -- 5th century BCE -- (YVRC) - Culture:
- Greek (ancient)
- Accession Number:
- 4388-066
- Genre:
- costume (mode of fashion): clothing (AAT)
sculpture: statues (AAT) - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Clothing & Accessories
Sculptures, Models, & Architecture - Rights:
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Source Creator:
- Button, Jeanne and Sbarge, Stephen
- Source Title:
- History of Costume, In Slides, Notes and Commentaries: Volume 1
- Source Created:
- New York, NY
Theatre Arts Slide Presentations
1975 - Call Number:
- GT513 +B87 1 (LC)
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Original Repository:
- Athens, Greece: Acropolis Museum
- OID:
- 10542762
- PID:
- digcoll:1820400