Writing fashion in early modern Italy from sprezzatura to satire
Contents: Part I The Cultures of Fashion: Moda and moderno; The Book of the Courtier and the discourse on fashion: Sprezzatura, gender, 'national identity'. Part II The Fabric of Cities: Nations, Empire in Costume Books by Cesare Vecellio and Giacomo Franco: Mapping the world: dress in Ces...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Farnham u.a.
Ashgate
2014
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| Schriftenreihe: | Visual culture in early modernity
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Contents: Part I The Cultures of Fashion: Moda and moderno; The Book of the Courtier and the discourse on fashion: Sprezzatura, gender, 'national identity'. Part II The Fabric of Cities: Nations, Empire in Costume Books by Cesare Vecellio and Giacomo Franco: Mapping the world: dress in Cesare Vecellio's costume books (1590, 1598); Power, history and dress in Giacomo Franco's costume plates (1610-1614). Part III Beyond Sprezzatura: Fashion as Excess: Sister Arcangela Tarabotti: hair, wigs and other vices; La moda and its technologies: Agostino Lampugnani's La Carozza da nolo, ovvero del vestire e usanze alla moda (The rented carriage or of clothing and fashionable habits, 1648-1650). Bibliography; Index. The first comprehensive study on the role of Italian fashion and Italian literature, this book emphasizes the centrality of Italian literature and culture for understanding modern theories of fashion and gauging its impact in the shaping of codes of civility and taste in Europe and the West. Using literature to uncover what has been called the 'animatedness of clothing,' the author explores the political meanings that clothing produces in public space |
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| Beschreibung: | XV, 261 S., [4] Bl. Ill. |
| ISBN: | 9781472411709 978-1-4724-1170-9 9781472436030 9781472436047 |