Accessory
(fromFrench accessoire[ akseˈswaʀ ] (adj.) "additional; incidental";accessoire(noun) "accessory") denotes accessories that are not actually necessary, but that are adapted to the fashion, style, arrangement or image composition, for example in clothing, furniture, art or literature.
The term is particularly widespread in the field of clothing fashion and clothing, for example for hats , belts , gloves , fans , sun or umbrellas , bags , scarves and jewelry.
etymology
Etymologically , Accessoire is a French foreign word in the German language that goes back to the Latin verb accedere (ad-cedere) or its root form accessus (“added, added”); therefore it means accessories or accessories . The next akseswaʀ colloquially often encountered pronunciation aseswaʀ is incorrect.
Accessory in art
Accessories ( Greek: Parergon) are used in works of fine arts to describe all objects that are not necessary to represent the main object.
In the opinion of art historians , the accessory must be selected according to the nature of the time or the place of the action to describe the same more precisely, therefore to better understand and characterize the incidental circumstances, as well as to perform and fill in the artistic representation. In doing so, the main effect of the work must not be disturbed , although the accessory makes it appear richer and more varied.
In the sculptural relief , the accessory should be limited as possible according to the Greek style order, and in statuary art it should only be used with moderation. The allegorizing art, on the other hand, has practically placed the focus on the accessory.
Accessory in literature
In the narrower sense, the term accessory means representations of inanimate objects to decorate a scene, to designate the location and to determine the temporal relationships, for example the furniture, equipment, fabrics etc. in the epic , in In tragedy and in the novel, the episodes, descriptions of nature and places, i.e. the local color , can be seen as accessories.
Accessory in other areas
In fashion, accessory refers to accessories for clothing , for example handbags , scarves , belts, jewelry.
In the facility, accessories (mostly smaller) items that complement the equipment or furnishing of a room, for example vases , clocks or pictures . Even car accessories that are not offered directly by the manufacturer ex works are sometimes called this.
See also
further reading
- Petra Kathke: portrait and accessory. A portrait form in the 16th century. Berlin 1977.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Knaur: The German Dictionary, Lexicographical Institute Munich 1985, p. 108.