What are the traditional western costumes in ancient times?

First, the relationship between Greek clothing and Roman clothing:

Roman culture is deeply influenced by Greek culture. In terms of clothing, many places have borrowed from the free form of Greek clothing, but they have formed their own characteristics. Huloma's "Toga" was developed on the basis of "Himashin" in ancient Greece.

Second, the difference between Greek clothing and Roman clothing:

First of all, there are obvious differences between Greeks and Romans in dealing with clothing forms. The former uses rectangular pieces of cloth to pursue a sense of slender; The latter adopts oblique semi-circular cloth to achieve the expansion effect, and the dressing effect is suitable for Roman monumental buildings.

Secondly, there are differences between Greek style and Roman style in the winding method of clothing.

Greek clothing is folded and fixed in a certain way, and then let it hang naturally on the human body, because Greeks know best how to appreciate the beauty of the human body and how to deal with the relationship between clothing and the human body according to a certain purpose.

The winding method of Roman clothing is to fold the straight edge of the semicircle and droop it on the left shoulder, then move it to the back through the left shoulder, and then droop it from the right shoulder to the left arm to form a hanging semicircle pleated clothing.

This huge, complex and multi-layered entanglement makes people feel very complicated, but the Romans used it to show majesty and the prosperity of the empire. The semi-circular pleated clothing is a symbol of the honor of Roman citizens.

It can be seen that the object of Roman aesthetics is clothing, not people themselves, and from the design point of view, the organic connection between clothing and human body is ignored.

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First, the characteristics of Greek clothing:

1. Due to frequent wars, the Greeks attached great importance to physical exercise, were not ashamed of being naked, and respected the human id.

2. There is no need to distinguish between figure and identity in clothing, and the simple style does not have any excessive modification. Authority is not expressed in splendor and complexity, and clothing tends to be single.

3, there is no strict difference between men's and women's clothing, and the human body is wrapped in natural form. Hanging a simple rectangular piece of cloth on the human body without any cutting creates a loose clothing form with beautiful vertical wave pleats.

4. Expose the shoulders, abdomen and limbs of the human body. Although the fabric is thick, it can't hide the feeling of the whole human body, so it is called "invisible" clothing.

The basic styles of ancient Greece were Heaton and Sima Chun. Among them, Heaton was the official costume of ancient Greece.

Second, the characteristics of Roman clothing:

1. The Romans were deeply influenced by ancient Greece in culture, borrowed from the free form of Greek clothing, and formed the basic form of combining through-the-head underwear with a wide wrapped coat.

2. Romans like the permeability of clothing more than Greeks, and looseness has become a major feature of ancient Roman clothing.

3. In ancient Rome, clothing became a symbol to distinguish the wearer and a status symbol.

The typical costume of Roman men is toga, and women stole Parr. There is also a kind of one-piece clothing called Tunica and underwear.

Third, the influence of Greek costumes on western civilization.

The long and splendid ancient Greek civilization is generally regarded as the origin of western civilization, which has greatly influenced the historical process and spiritual development of European civilization.

The romantic, free and unrestrained personality of ancient Greeks injected fresh, noble and natural characteristics into their costumes, and their costumes and culture played an indelible and important role in the development of European traditional costumes and the formation of modern costume styles.

In the book "Philosophy of Art", Dana described the ancient Greek costumes like this: "These costumes can be taken off as long as you raise your hand. They will never cover your body, but they can draw a general outline." Exposing the body was regarded as a kind of sacredness in ancient Greece.

Hegel even called this kind of clothing "like a house that can walk freely in it". Simple, solemn, free and elegant, the formal characteristics of ancient Greek clothing, we can also see in ancient Greek architecture.

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