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A comparative study of Chinese Ming Dynasty and European Renaissance women’s wedding dress

Hong Xu, Xinyi Ma

Abstract

Wedding dress is an indispensable ceremonial dress in life. Its change and symbolic significance reflect the social
development and life style in diff erent periods. This paper fi rstly combs the development of female wedding dresses in the Ming Dynasty
and the Renaissance in Europe, then compares the artistic characteristics of female wedding dresses in the Ming Dynasty and the
Renaissance in Europe from the aspects of shape, color and pattern, and fi nally analyzes the factors aff ecting the diff erences between the two
from the aspects of politics, culture and aesthetics, so as to better inherit the female dress culture. In order to provide theoretical basis for the
exploration of female wedding dresses in China and the West.

Keywords

Chinese Ming Dynasty; European Renaissance; Women; Wedding dress; Contrast

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18686/mcs.v5i3.1903

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