Sunday, November 20, 2011

Botticelli's "Primavera"

Botticelli's "Primavera" shows Venus clad in a camicia (chemise, shift), the first layer of women's clothing in the Quattrocento.  Note the round neckline, which would change to a square yoke in the following century.  The fabric was most likely cotton or very fine linen, not silk.

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