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ANALYSIS OF MARIE ANTOINETTE'S COSTUMES IN ÉLISABETH VIGÉE LE BRUN 'S PORTRAITS USING THE PANOFSKY METHOD

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ANALYSIS OF MARIE ANTOINETTE'S COSTUMES IN ÉLISABETH VIGÉE LE BRUN 'S PORTRAITS USING THE PANOFSKY METHOD

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This study examines the costumes depicted in the portraits of Marie Antoinette, a central figure in the political and cultural life of eighteenth-century France, focusing on how these garments reflect court aesthetics and representations of women. The portraits were painted by Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, the royal court painter and one of the most prominent female artists of the period. Data were collected through document analysis. As original costume samples were inaccessible, the study relied on high-resolution images and academic sources, which were examined using descriptive analysis. The artworks were interpreted through Erwin Panofsky’s three-stage method: pre-iconographical description, iconographical analysis, and iconological interpretation. Within this framework, three portraits by Vigée Le Brun from the Louvre and Versailles collections were analyzed. In the first stage, the costumes were described in detail with regard to color, fabric, form, and accessories. The second stage focused on the social classes represented, their connection to court fashion, and the dominant clothing practices of the period. In the third stage, the costumes were interpreted in relation to the visual representation of absolute monarchy in late eighteenth-century France, aristocratic lifestyle, the construction of female identity, and symbolic expressions of class distinction as conveyed through art. The findings demonstrate that the costumes portrayed in Marie Antoinette’s portraits function as powerful representational instruments. Rather than serving solely as indicators of personal taste, they reflect broader political, social, and cultural discourses of the period and contribute to the visual construction of power, status, and femininity.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, Marie Antoinette, Costume, Fashion History, Panofsky

Kaynakça

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Kaynak Göster

APA
Özkan, M. (2026). ANALYSIS OF MARIE ANTOINETTE’S COSTUMES IN ÉLISABETH VIGÉE LE BRUN ’S PORTRAITS USING THE PANOFSKY METHOD. The Turkish Online Journal of Design Art and Communication, 16(2), 874-889. https://doi.org/10.7456/tojdac.1857190
AMA
1.Özkan M. ANALYSIS OF MARIE ANTOINETTE’S COSTUMES IN ÉLISABETH VIGÉE LE BRUN ’S PORTRAITS USING THE PANOFSKY METHOD. TOJDAC. 2026;16(2):874-889. doi:10.7456/tojdac.1857190
Chicago
Özkan, Mücella. 2026. “ANALYSIS OF MARIE ANTOINETTE’S COSTUMES IN ÉLISABETH VIGÉE LE BRUN ’S PORTRAITS USING THE PANOFSKY METHOD”. The Turkish Online Journal of Design Art and Communication 16 (2): 874-89. https://doi.org/10.7456/tojdac.1857190.
EndNote
Özkan M (01 Nisan 2026) ANALYSIS OF MARIE ANTOINETTE’S COSTUMES IN ÉLISABETH VIGÉE LE BRUN ’S PORTRAITS USING THE PANOFSKY METHOD. The Turkish Online Journal of Design Art and Communication 16 2 874–889.
IEEE
[1]M. Özkan, “ANALYSIS OF MARIE ANTOINETTE’S COSTUMES IN ÉLISABETH VIGÉE LE BRUN ’S PORTRAITS USING THE PANOFSKY METHOD”, TOJDAC, c. 16, sy 2, ss. 874–889, Nis. 2026, doi: 10.7456/tojdac.1857190.
ISNAD
Özkan, Mücella. “ANALYSIS OF MARIE ANTOINETTE’S COSTUMES IN ÉLISABETH VIGÉE LE BRUN ’S PORTRAITS USING THE PANOFSKY METHOD”. The Turkish Online Journal of Design Art and Communication 16/2 (01 Nisan 2026): 874-889. https://doi.org/10.7456/tojdac.1857190.
JAMA
1.Özkan M. ANALYSIS OF MARIE ANTOINETTE’S COSTUMES IN ÉLISABETH VIGÉE LE BRUN ’S PORTRAITS USING THE PANOFSKY METHOD. TOJDAC. 2026;16:874–889.
MLA
Özkan, Mücella. “ANALYSIS OF MARIE ANTOINETTE’S COSTUMES IN ÉLISABETH VIGÉE LE BRUN ’S PORTRAITS USING THE PANOFSKY METHOD”. The Turkish Online Journal of Design Art and Communication, c. 16, sy 2, Nisan 2026, ss. 874-89, doi:10.7456/tojdac.1857190.
Vancouver
1.Mücella Özkan. ANALYSIS OF MARIE ANTOINETTE’S COSTUMES IN ÉLISABETH VIGÉE LE BRUN ’S PORTRAITS USING THE PANOFSKY METHOD. TOJDAC. 01 Nisan 2026;16(2):874-89. doi:10.7456/tojdac.1857190