THEA 211 - Performance Analysis: Costume & Dress

This section represents only a small number of the costume and fashion books in the library. You can find books on costume and fashion (print and eBooks) in the below call number ranges with the browse tool (choose LC Call Number from the pulldown menu):

• GT 500 - GT 2346 – Fashion; social aspects of clothing
• PN 2067 - PN 2068 &  PN 2085 - PN 2091 – Costumes for performance, stage design & lighting
• TT 490 - TT 820 – Dressmaking; tailoring; technical considerations, needlework

For a comprehensive list of costuming resources use the Theatre 273 Course Guide.

The JMU Library catalog will help you locate books about costume and fashion and will help you locate images.  Use Library of Congress Subject Headings to find the specific time period.

Choose Subject from the drop-down box below and try subjects, such as:

Costume – History
Costume – History – To 500
Costume – History – Medieval, 500-1500
Costume – History – 15th Century
Costume – History – 16th Century
Costume – History – 17th Century
Costume – History – 18th Century
Costume – History – 19th Century
Costume – History – 20th Century

Fashion – History – 17th Century
Fashion – History – 18th Century
Fashion – History – 19th Century
Fashion – History – 20th Century

Clothing and Dress – United States – History – 19th Century
Clothing and Dress in Art
Clothing and Dress in Literature

Paintings, photographs, and advertisements are rich resources for costume design ideas.  Keyword searching in the JMU Library catalog will return a variety of resources. Browse the titles to determine relevance.  Experiment with keywords such as:

Keyword = Japan pictorial works

Keyword = plantations pictorial works

Keyword = advertising history pictorial works

Keyword = 19^th century pictorial works