Costumes and Make-Up

Catalog description

Examines clothing history with emphasis on periods most useful to contemporary theatrical production [i.e. classical, medieval, 17th, 18th and 19th centuries] Implications regarding trends in the morality, social values and psychology of the dress will be generated to establish a fundamental basis for theatrical design. The analysis of dramatic literature and the application of visual elements in design will assist students in preparing a visual representation for a theatrical design.