Abstract
A boom in historical literature, which occurred from the activities of Romanticism in Paris during the 1830's made medieval-like attire fashionable among the young. Their medieval style was either copies of attire depicted in paintings of the past or was taken from theatrical costume. And the latter also was created from paintings of the past. This thesis examines the correlation among the historical fashion, theatre and arts in terms of records and fiction of that era in order to clarify the characteristics of the transmission of fashion information during the Romantic era. Going to the theatre was the greatest pleasure for the young of that era, and thus the number of people attending the theatre was equivalent to being number one on the bestseller list. Meanwhile, young painters copied paintings by great masters in museums as part of their training, but this also met the demand of the “petit-bourgeois.” Copied paintings created a market and contributed to the dissemination of knowledge about paintings, and it became a medium of information transmission of good examples of historical costume for the young.
