Ivan Henry aka Moose Posted February 24, 2010 Posted February 24, 2010 Just came across these paintings by Luca Carlevarijs. They are from a period between 1690-1720. Take a look, there are all sorts of folks in all sorts of clothing. Sailors in slops and short coats, petticoat breeches, landsmen with their stockings over their breeches, dogs sniffing butts, and even sailors without waistcoats or even - gasp shirts! Great stuff!
Mission Posted February 24, 2010 Posted February 24, 2010 "I think I can. I think I can. I think I can..." Mycroft: "My brother has the brain of a scientist or a philosopher, yet he elects to be a detective. What might we deduce about his heart?" John: "I don't know." Mycroft: "Neither do I. But initially he wanted to be a pirate."
callenish gunner Posted February 24, 2010 Posted February 24, 2010 Venice is a huge part of the era as a merchant state and their fashion sense was always a bit outside the norm so the shirtless men weren't as common as these paintings suggest ....not saying it didn't happen ...just to be taken with a grain of salt
Red Cat Jenny Posted February 25, 2010 Posted February 25, 2010 It's gorgeous..I love period paintings. The colors are so much more alive, the ones where the setting is not so contrived let you use your imagination as I'm sure the artists did when taking a little "creative license. But still they evoke the feeling. That's sort of what art is about to show life but also let you feel it. Nice find. Some days even my lucky rocketship underpants won't help.... Her reputation was her livelihood. I'm a pirate, love. By nature and by choice! My inner voice sometimes has an accent! My wont? A delicious rip in time...
Fox Posted February 25, 2010 Posted February 25, 2010 I'll echo Hugh's comments here. The Mediterranean and Atlantic cultures were often very different in many respects, and fashion was definitely one of them. Lovely paintings nonetheless. Foxe"With this Fore-Staff he fansies he does Wonders, when, God knows, it amounts to no more but only to solve that simple Question, Where are we? Which every chi'd in London can tell you." - Ned Ward The Wooden World Dissected, 1707ETFox.co.uk
PoD Posted February 25, 2010 Posted February 25, 2010 very cool painting. I just did a hunt around and found some more by the same guy. This one shows a ship in the process of careening: ...and then I discovered the wine...
Honour Bright Posted February 25, 2010 Posted February 25, 2010 'Ahh...Venice!' ~~Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Taking on the world....one pair of boots at a time! A little bit of this...a little bit of that...a lot of dreams....
Ivan Henry aka Moose Posted February 25, 2010 Author Posted February 25, 2010 very cool painting. I just did a hunt around and found some more by the same guy. This one shows a ship in the process of careening: That is excellent as well! So much to look at and take in. I see breeches with no stockings, a couple of interesting hats... Great stuff - but no butt sniffing dogs in this one. I read that the artist did a lot of individual rough portraits and then would combine them in his finished product.
Liam McMac Posted February 25, 2010 Posted February 25, 2010 (edited) Well you can def pick out the sailors.... I see slops and open-kneed breeches I see most of them wearing what appears to be a fez like the Shriners wear.. thrum caps in the 18th century? I see bathrobe-like coats and some seem to be wearing doublets! it's like an amalgum of centuries me so confused Edited February 25, 2010 by Liam McMac _Liam McMac Celtic and Pirate Tailor Beware the Iron Brigade!
Rumba Rue Posted February 26, 2010 Posted February 26, 2010 I actually took a magnifying glass to see a lot of the pictures. Much can be seen more directly and there are many clothing styles. Still, the pictures are awesome!
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