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        GROUP OF ANGELS – XII CENTURY FRESCO – CHURCH OF SAN PIETRO AL MONTE, CIVATE   The angels hovering in flight with their great wings are dressed in mannered apparel; this is witnessed by the loose dalmaticas decorated with clubs whose wide sleeves allow you to …

  He designed jewelry and decorative glass, and created numerous sceneries and costumes for music halls, the theater and cinema. In fact, he designed the costumes of Rodolfo Valentino in the film “Monsieur Beaucaire” of 1924.  He illustrated advertisement catalogues and numerous literary texts, specifically Charles Baudelaire, Théophile Gautier, Pierre …

  ARK OF THE THREE SAINTS (DETAIL) – EARLY XII CENTURY – CHURCH OF SAINT ZENO, VERONA   The scholar’s tunic reaches all the way to the feet and is enriched with dense pleating. The mantel opens in the front. Perhaps the long hair is mannered, however the droopy moustache …

This is the way it is sometimes taken the Ascot from who doesn’t know so-called Gordian knot. In practical this is an Verdi’s just that instead of a scarf is made with an Ascot

The clerical lapel still used today by the Christian Brothers is at the junction between the collar and tie.