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The Grecian Bend was a term applied first to a stooped posture〔OED Online. June 2013. Oxford University Press. ‘Grecian bend (noun): an affected carriage of the body, in which it is bent forward from the hips’〕 which became fashionable c. 1820,〔''The Times'' (London, England), 3 January 1820, p. 3’...those young ladies who have contracted that fashionable stoop, denominated the “Grecian bend”!’〕 named after the gracefully-inclined figures seen in the art of Ancient Greece. It was also the name of a dance move introduced to polite society in America just before the American Civil War. The "Bend" was considered very daring at the time.〔''America's Music: From the Pilgrims to the Present (Music in American Life)'' by Gilbert Chase - Nov 1992〕 The stoop or the silhouette created by the fashion in women's dress for corsets, crinolettes and bustles by 1869 was also called ''The Grecian Bend''.〔() Victoria & Albert Museum website - Accessed 26 August 2009〕〔''Place Names of San Mateo County'', pg. 37, Dr. Alan K. Brown. © Published San Mateo County Historical Association〕〔''Daily Telegraph'' 1 September 1869〕 Contemporary illustrations often show a woman with a large bustle and a very small parasol, bending forward. The term was also given to those who suffered from decompression sickness, or "the bends", due to working in caissons during the building of the Brooklyn Bridge in New York. The name was given because afflicted individuals characteristically arched their backs in the same manner as the then popular "Grecian Bend" fashion.〔Kumar V., Abbas A., Fausto N. (2005), Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease, 7th ed. Elsevier Inc. ISBN 0-7216-0187-1〕 ==Appearance in popular music== There were many songs published with "Grecian Bend" in their titles. The term 'Grecian bend' appears in the song 'The Garden Where The Praties Grow' by Johnny Patterson: ''Have you ever been in love my boys '' ''Or have you felt the pain? '' ''I'd sooner be in jail myself '' ''Than be in love again '' ''For the girl I loved was beautiful '' ''I'd have you all to know '' ''And I met her in the garden '' ''Where the praties grow '' ''She was just the sort of creature boys '' ''That Nature did intend '' ''To walk right through the world my boys '' ''Without the Grecian bend '' ''Nor did she wear a chignon '' ''I'd have you all to know '' ''And I met her in the garden '' ''Where the praties grow '' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Grecian bend」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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