Drapery
Drapery is a general word referring to
). It may refer to cloth used for decorative purposes – such as around windows – or to the trade of retailing cloth, originally mostly for clothing, formerly conducted by drapers.Drape
Drape (draping or fabric drape) is the property of different textile materials how they fold, fall, or hang over a three-dimensional body. Draping depends upon the fiber characteristics and the flexibility, looseness, and softness of the material.[2][3] Draped garments follow the form of the human body beneath them.[4][5]
Art
In art history, drapery refers to any cloth or textile depicted, which is usually clothing. The schematic depiction of the folds and woven patterns of loose-hanging clothing on the human form, with ancient prototypes, was reimagined as an adjunct to the female form by Greek vase-painters and sculptors of the earliest fifth century and has remained a major source of stylistic formulas in sculpture and painting, even after the Renaissance adoption of tighter-fitting clothing styles. After the Renaissance, large cloths with no very obvious purpose are often used decoratively, especially in portraits in the grand manner; these are also known as draperies.
For the Greeks, as
In 18th century England, many of the leading portrait painters with a large workshop engaged the services of
Interior design
In interior design, drapery refers almost exclusively to window treatments. It is often used as a focal point alongside the windows or as a way to help block sun/glare. There is general agreement that drapery in design is more substantial and weightier than other window treatments, such as curtain paneling. Drapes are also normally lined, whereas curtain panels normally are not. You can have drapery that is sheer, light filtering, room darkening or blackout; so they can be used in almost every room of the house if desired. Drapery is also considered a relatively permanent installation, adding an integral element to the room's design by adding color or pattern to complement the rest of the architectural and soft elements.
Gallery
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Portrait of Meryre and Iniuia, 18th Dynasty, c. 1300 BC
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Palace servants, Persepolis, 5th-4th century BC
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Poppaea, wife of Nero
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Statues of the Roman Empire
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Fresco ofMithras and the Bull from the mithraeumat Marino, 3rd century CE
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Anglo-Saxon king and witan, 900s AD
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11th century Anglo-Saxon miniature
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Buddha, Japan, 1269 AD
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Benin Bronze, 1500-1600
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Portrait of Lady Lucy Manners byJoseph van Aken
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Prince William, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765
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Krishna dancing and playing the flute, Orissa, India, ~1800 AD
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Buddha, Qing dynasty
See also
Notes
- OED.
- ISBN 978-0-13-494592-7.
- ISBN 978-0-85709-561-9.
- ISBN 978-0-7134-1929-0.
- ISBN 978-0-253-34911-8.
- ^ Clark, Kenneth.The Nude: A Study in Ideal Form, Washington, 1956, p.184.
- ^ Drapery painter in Oxford Reference
- ^ Thomas Hudson (1701–1779), Joseph Van Aken, the drapery painter at Lowell Libson & Jonny Yarker Ltd