I've seen a few pictures of Josquin dez Prez & in every one he's wearing something on his head that looks like a turban. Why though, when he was from Flanders?
Quote from: biber fan on August 09, 2007, 11:23:45 PM
I've seen a few pictures of Josquin dez Prez & in every one he's wearing something on his head that looks like a turban. Why though, when he was from Flanders?
Perhaps he was bald and ashamed of that?
Damnit, I thought this was going to be a joke...
Josquin appears to be wearing a Chaperon, a type of headgear popular back then.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaperon_(headgear)
(I haven't had any success getting this link to work. You'll have to google Chaperon (headgear) yourself to get the article)
Chaperon (IPA: [??æp??ro?n]; Middle French: chaperon) was a form of hood or, later, highly versatile hat worn in all parts of Western Europe in the Middle Ages. Initially a utilitarian garment, it first grew a long partly decorative tail behind, and then developed into a complex, versatile and expensive headgear after what was originally the vertical opening for the face began to be used as a horizontal opening for the head. It was especially fashionable in mid-15th century Burgundy, before gradually falling out of fashion in the late 15th century and returning to its utilitarian status. It is the most commonly worn male headgear in Early Netherlandish painting, but its complicated construction is often misunderstood.
Quote from: 71 dB on August 10, 2007, 03:06:30 AM
Perhaps he was bald and ashamed of that?
Is
that why Finns wear hats?
In lots of other places, headwear is actually a subset of
fashion 8)
Chaperon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaperon_(headgear))
Somehow the forum software drops the close-parens.
QuoteLittle Red Riding Hood is Le Petit Chaperon rouge in the earliest published version, by Charles Perrault
Quote from: karlhenning on August 10, 2007, 04:59:28 AM
Is that why Finns wear hats?
Finns wear hats because it's cold up here in the north. ;)
Looks like a dead cat.
Did the Flems hate cats?
(http://www.jhu.edu/ryugolab/research/fig_endbulbstudy03.jpg)
in Flanders we love our cats! This is my brothers cat "Arthur", listening to Stravinsky's Petrouchka with the newest Cat-pod.
In Flanders we love our cats,
And we never wear them as hats!
(http://ffrevolution.com/1stuff/cathatlolsm.jpg)
In Flanders we love our cats,
And we never wear them as hats
I must admit "only very rarely" - par exemple, when we are going to the opera!
Quote from: Josquin des Prez on August 10, 2007, 06:33:28 AM
Take that back, now. >:(
Judging by your avatar, you're right. It looks more like he got stuck walking through a curtain, and pulled it down on his head as he freed himself.
You can make your own chaperon!
http://lerozier.free.fr/chaperon.htm
Good luck!
Quote from: The Mad Hatter on August 10, 2007, 04:20:21 AM
Damnit, I thought this was going to be a joke...
This is
so your thread,
Hatter 8)
Gee, I thought Josquin was "futuristic" in that he was wearing what is today called a "doorag"
(http://tchs.lisd.net/Information/DressCode/doorag.jpg)
Quote from: johnQpublic on August 10, 2007, 08:12:32 AM
Gee, I thought Josquin was "futuristic" in that he was wearing what is today called a "doorag"
(http://tchs.lisd.net/Information/DressCode/doorag.jpg)
I'm glad this discussion is supplanting the Elgar thread.
Supplanting? No, more like paralleling.
Here's the vibrational field Josquin produced doing yoga:
(http://www.diamondlady.net/aura.jpg)
According to Wiki, "the turban he is wearing is indicative of a fashion in 1490s Italy, possibly related to the circumstances of composition of the Missa La sol fa re mi" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missa_La_sol_fa_re_mi)
(http://www.elvispompilio.com/EL.jpg)
Flanders is famous for hats, cats and a certain jenesaisquoi that is always influenced by surrealism. Elvis Pompilio is our mad hatter.
http://www.elvispompilio.com/
Quote from: pjme on August 10, 2007, 07:13:15 AM
(http://www.jhu.edu/ryugolab/research/fig_endbulbstudy03.jpg)
in Flanders we love our cats! This is my brothers cat "Arthur", listening to Stravinsky's Petrouchka with the newest Cat-pod.
That photo does not convince.
Quote from: karlhenning on August 10, 2007, 07:14:51 AM
In Flanders we love our cats,
And we never wear them as hats!
Pure DOGgerel. ;D
Woof! ;D
I don't think Josquin is wearing a chaperon, but I remember seeing this kind of headgear in my history book, especially at the chapter of our king (of France) Louis XI (1423-1483).
AHa!! That is intrigueing!!! Can someone post a good example? Josquin with headdress!
Peter
he wore a turban, huh?
that can only mean he was a terrorist...
(http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/josquin.jpg) (http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/e/ef/Desprez.jpg)
Josquin 2
Josquin 1
(http://www.austriatravel.ws/images/JosquinDesprez.jpg)
Josquin 3
this is only the start!
Quote from: greg on August 14, 2007, 11:03:28 AM
he wore a turban, huh?
that can only mean he was a terrorist...
...and a hoody, which is even worse.
I'm waiting for Harry to contribute so I can put: "That's some bad hat, Harry."