"Body Armor", I first thought : 1. It is a protective shell that reduces the injury rate of soldiers in the war, and has a protective effect. 2. The shell also obscures most of the internal structure, even if the body under the package has rotted, the surface is difficult to discover, therefore, it also has a covering effect. 3. It is thick, it will cause the wearer to some extent of inconvenience, similar to the shackles.
Bronze body armor known as "Dendra Panoply from the Mycenaean period.
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In history，Significant factors in the development of armor include the economic and technological necessities of armor production.，and it's main function focus on protective clothing designed to absorb or deflect physical attacks.
From oldest western, chainmail, is made of interlocking iron rings, which may be riveted or welded shut. To Korean iron plate armor, Using both vertical and triangular plate design, the plate armor sets consisted of 27 or more individual 1-2mm thick curved plates, which were secured together by nail or hinge. The recovered sets include accessories such as iron arm guards, neck guards, leg guards, and horse armor/bits. In pre-Qin dynasty times, leather armor was made out of rhinoceros.
Armor divided different parts, a combat helmet is among the oldest forms of personal protective equipment，At that time, they were purely military equipment, protecting the head from cutting blows with swords, flying arrows, and low-velocity musketry. Some late medieval helmets, like the great bascinet, rested on the shoulders and prevented the wearer from turning his head, greatly restricting mobility.
Question: In the past, in order to deal with the situation of war, the materials were based on the transformation and integration of metals. How do contemporary people interpret ‘body armor’ in peacetime?
I found an exhibition with the theme of body armor at the MOMA museum. Artists present approaches to bodily adornment in contemporary life, placing focus on the garments and objects we wear to signal belonging, confer status, or project strength. Body Armor reimagines these adornments, and critiques the traditional, often colonial, contexts in which they are deployed, Defining 'armor as a symbol which work both in public and private space.
Their work explores the possibilities opened by adorning, or arming, oneself in tattoos and jewelry.
In the picture below, the artist uses the protective mechanism that is usually worn by men as an element, using metal materials such as brass to make some decorations to redefine the status of women in society.同时， it’s also the demanding question at the center of the exhibit: Will there be a time when adornment is simply a superfluous act of pleasure and not an act of protection?
Ana Pellicer Vestuario para Nahui Ollin 1999 Knitted brass cape, hammered copper helmet and copper necklace 50.79 x 24.41 x 16.93 inches 129 x 62 x 43 cm
Ana Pellicer Vestuario Para Nahui Ollin 1999 Hammered copper with copper chains 32.28 x 21.85 x 14.96 inches 82 x 55.5 x 38 cm
In the later stages of the research, I realized that today's body armor, as a kind of decoration, has two main meanings: protection meaning/decorative meaning. In addition, the form of armor is no longer a heavy, large-area body-covered item. It can be used as a cover to decorate a specific part of the body.
Question：Most of the armor's role is related to the physical part of the body. When the inner world needs protection, is there similar armor that can be protected from the external world?
what is the function of the tears armor ？For revealing the inner world or covering the inner world?
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