In 13th oct, we visited the medicine museum called welcome collection. I found out a lot of inspiration a bout the combination of art and medical, especially the exhibition on the second floor,and the theme called medicine man exhibition which displays various hundreds years of devices is quite ancient and interesting.
this time I focus on corset, which is the thing I always imagine in the my mind. In my imagination, corset, a kind of fancy personal item, is only consist with wire and lace, and it's impossible to be cause of the torture to western ladies about 400 hundred years.
According to the label beside, it said that 'it is not clear the corset was worn in order to minimise the waist or as an orthopaedic device.' .But obliviously, corset crush internal organ if people war it in along time. It is supported by serial book, and one of them called<the corset a cultural history>. In that book, I realise that corset has long history from late Renaissance into twentieth century, and it's the most controversial garment in the history of fashion. Surprisingly, 'it is major cause of I'll health and even death.'
However, there are still had some advantage if we see it in the other side of it, the positive connotation ' of social status, artistry, respectability, beauty, youth and erotic allure.
In fact, there is a similar thing which also create pain for beauty called 'San cun Jin Liam ' in China. In the ancient time, Chinese women's feet must be bound ,as the same as the '18 inches' waist in western. Nevertheless, these kind of 'pretty little bondage' bring millions of suffering to human being in the ancient time. I hope , starting now, we can actuarially make some item helpful and health, not something make people tortured.
Bibliography :
Steele,V(2001) The corset: a culture of history U.S
this time I focus on corset, which is the thing I always imagine in the my mind. In my imagination, corset, a kind of fancy personal item, is only consist with wire and lace, and it's impossible to be cause of the torture to western ladies about 400 hundred years.
According to the label beside, it said that 'it is not clear the corset was worn in order to minimise the waist or as an orthopaedic device.' .But obliviously, corset crush internal organ if people war it in along time. It is supported by serial book, and one of them called<the corset a cultural history>. In that book, I realise that corset has long history from late Renaissance into twentieth century, and it's the most controversial garment in the history of fashion. Surprisingly, 'it is major cause of I'll health and even death.'
However, there are still had some advantage if we see it in the other side of it, the positive connotation ' of social status, artistry, respectability, beauty, youth and erotic allure.
In fact, there is a similar thing which also create pain for beauty called 'San cun Jin Liam ' in China. In the ancient time, Chinese women's feet must be bound ,as the same as the '18 inches' waist in western. Nevertheless, these kind of 'pretty little bondage' bring millions of suffering to human being in the ancient time. I hope , starting now, we can actuarially make some item helpful and health, not something make people tortured.
Bibliography :
Steele,V(2001) The corset: a culture of history U.S
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