tunic

(noun)

A garment worn over the torso, with or without sleeves, and of various lengths reaching from the hips to the ankles.

Related Terms

  • vicuña
  • cochineal

Examples of tunic in the following topics:

  • Textiles of the Inca

    • Clothing consisted of the Chimú loincloth, sleeveless shirts, small ponchos, and tunics.
    • For example, Inca officials wore stylized tunics decorated with certain motifs, and soldiers of the Inca army had specific uniforms.
    • Inca officials wore stylized tunics decorated with certain motifs, while soldiers of the Inca army had specific uniforms.
  • Romanesque Sculpture: Majestat Batlló

    • It is a triumphant Christ wearing a colobium, or a long, sleeveless tunic.
    • A thin belt with an elaborate interlace knot pulls the tunic in above Christ's hips, making the fabric above it swell out slightly and curving the path of its flat, wide vertical folds.
    • The frontal geometric composition of the tunic decorated in circles and floral motifs is reminiscent of the refined Byzantine and Hispano-Moorish fabrics held in such high esteem in the Christian West during this time.
    • The tunic also has an analogy with an Islamic motif abacus of the cloister of the abbey of Saint-Pierre de Moissac, which seems to prove the spread during the Romanesque period.
  • Tiwanaku and Wari

    • Tapestries and tunics provide examples of textiles found at Tiwanaku.
  • Italian Gothic Sculpture: The Pisano Family

    • The figures wear tunics in a Roman fashion, and his representation of the Madonna is reminiscent of the regal bearing of goddesses in late Roman sculpture.
  • Norse Ships in the Early European Middle Ages

    • Neither woman wore anything entirely made of silk, although small silk strips were appliqued onto a tunic worn under the red dress.
  • Sculpture in the Greek Archaic Period

    • This kore figure wears a chiton (a woolen tunic), a himation (a lightweight undergarment), and a mantle (a cloak).
  • Ceramics in Early South America

    • Tapestries and tunics provide examples of textiles found at Tiwanaku.
  • Early Christian Art

    • But in the earliest images as many show a stocky and short-haired beardless figure in a short tunic, who can only be identified by his context.
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