Kyoritsu Women's University Museum has the dress (ID 1501) made in the 1910s. This dress has two female motifs at the bottom of it. It has been presumed that they were related to “Greek style”. However, this statement can be different from fact because most of the ancient Greek costumes have different drapes from the ones the motifs have. In this paper, we will investigate what was in actuality selected for creating the motifs.
As a result, we found the motifs are composed of more than two paintings as models. One was painted in the Roman period. In this painting, we can see a female that has a drape. The drape is similar to the ones the motifs have. From this point of view, we conclude the style of expression of the drape is influenced by the paintings in the Roman period. The other is the painting of the Baroque era. In terms of pose, this resembles the one the female on the dress strikes. Therefore, when the motifs on the dress were created, there is a high possibility this painting of the Baroque period was chosen as a model of it.
Finally, these results show there is a similarity between these paintings in the Roman period and in the Baroque period; the subject of both are related to ancient mythology of Europe. In the 1910s, people in Europe could pay attention to “ancient” because of the excavation of Pompeii. For this reason, these paintings could be selected as models.departmental bulletin pape
