Culture Costumes Spain

Dress with attached flower and decorative rose print hair flower not included

Discusses the history of the different kinds of clothing worn in various parts of Spain and Portugal.

The evolution of the "costumes of light," the elaborate costume worn by the bullfighters in Spain, is told in this luminous memoire. The book assembles the greatest stars of the Corrida—the Spanish bullfighting arena—resplendent in their elaborately embroidered suits, for a series of stunning portraits.

For centuries artists, diplomats, and merchants served as cultural intermediaries in the Mediterranean. Stationed in port cities and other entrepôts of the Mediterranean, these go-betweens forged intercultural connections even as they negotiated and sometimes promoted cultural misunderstandings. They also moved objects of all kinds across time and space. This volume considers how the mobility of art and material culture is intertwined with greater Mediterranean networks from 1580 to 1880. Contr... [Read More]

This edited volume examines the historical, political, cultural, and aesthetic implications of re-visiting Restoration Spain (1874-1931) in television costume dramas produced since 2000. Contributors analyze, from different theoretical approaches and disciplinary perspectives, the appeal that the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries hold for twenty-first-century Spanish audiences, as well as for international viewers who consume these programs through new media platforms. Themes and iss... [Read More]

According to Spanish tradition, the bullfighter should never wear his costume outside the bullring. Published for the first time, the greatest stars of the Corrida, resplendent in their elaborately embroidered costumes, are brought to readers in a series of stunning studio portraits. Matadors dressed in gold and banderilleros wearing silver re-enact the dramatic gestures and intricate choreography of their profession, displaying the most artistic, appealing aspects of the bullfight as seen today... [Read More]

Your young torero will love this Kids Matador Costume. He can learn about Spanish culture, or just enjoy wearing the fancy outfit with the bright red cape. And that's no bull! - Jacket - Pants - Cape - Necktie - Hat - Pair of Knee Socks

A Diego Velazquez finger puppet, wearing the costume he painted himself in in his masterpiece "Las Meninas." On your finger, he's a puppet; on your fridge, he's a magnet!