tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444730936505370363.post2551324400950688932..comments2024-02-23T06:02:53.198-08:00Comments on Attire's Mind: The Psychology Of Decades, Part OnePaul G. Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02134358778441543921noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444730936505370363.post-74956403144907573942014-09-28T10:30:01.297-07:002014-09-28T10:30:01.297-07:00Thanks so much, Mark! And you're welcome.Thanks so much, Mark! And you're welcome.Paul G. Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02134358778441543921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444730936505370363.post-31336462592564231152014-09-28T10:27:35.949-07:002014-09-28T10:27:35.949-07:00Brilliant article and comments. Thank you.Brilliant article and comments. Thank you.Mark Cookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04789831829443146918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444730936505370363.post-69656731106892159282014-09-28T10:21:10.188-07:002014-09-28T10:21:10.188-07:00A very worthy addition to the discussion, indeed! ...A very worthy addition to the discussion, indeed! You're so very right.Paul G. Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02134358778441543921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444730936505370363.post-85171382461799983242014-09-28T10:19:18.403-07:002014-09-28T10:19:18.403-07:00One more very important ingredient of the radical ...One more very important ingredient of the radical shift in silhouette and ornamentation needs to be mentioned: The - huge - influence of the discoveries at Herculaneum and Pompeii started the rise of Neoclassicism in the 1770s, which was fully engaged by the 1780s. Everything became à la romaine or à la grecque. The perceived political ideals of ancient Greece and Rome and their aesthetics - and all the clinging drapery of classical statuary - were eventually a one, two punch to all the old modes.Stephiliushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08562830870365561419noreply@blogger.com