Greetings,
Wow! That sounds like quite the project you have there. I haven't a
clue about peasant costumes, sorry. But one thing you might want to
think about is, colour was used a lot more that it would appear
now. The statues pretty much appear to be a consistent mud shade,
right? Well, I was watching one documentary about these statutes (I
admit it, the things fascinate me), and apparently they used to be
painted incredibly colourfully but the paint didn't survive time as
well as the terracotta. There are only traces of the paint left, not
enough that would show up on camera, so a German (or at least I think
it was German) museum recreated one of the statues and then using the
traces of paint found on it, painted as it would have been when it
was "buried" and put it on display. Most people are so blown away by
the garishness of the colours they have difficulty believing that is
what it would have looked like. So after my long tangent...don't
write off colours for the peasant kinds, because if those statues
were anything to go by, apparently there wasn't a colour they didn't
like in any combination. LOL! Just about enough to make your eyes
bleed - as bad as the Greeks!
Cheers,
Danielle
At 08:18 PM 12/1/2012, you wrote:
...or Tales of a Band Mom.
This year's winter percussion piece is "Terra Cotta Warriors" and
first order of business... peasant costumes for kids in the pit
(stationary instruments like xylophones, chimes, etc.)
What the heck did Chinese peasants wear in 3rd century BC? Our band
director is proposing simple wrap-style tunics (like short kimonos)
and scrub pants torn below the knee -- both dyed in earthy
colors. Semi-accurate? Horrible? Are conical hats appropriate?
--although I can see them getting knocked off. I'm clueless, and
can find neither image nor description.
Part II will be terracotta soldier costumes to be worn by very
active teenagers with drums, but I need to deal with the peasants first.
Help?
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