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Ornamentalism : The Art of Renaissance Accessories /

Renaissance people understood that honor and good graces were marked by being properly attired and by wearing distinctive ornaments. An examination of material life and fashion in the early modern period reveals the crucial role ornaments played in social, political, and cultural negotiations of pow...

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Otros Autores: Mirabella, M. Bella
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2011.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Scented buttons and perfumed gloves : smelling things in Renaissance Italy / Evelyn Welch
  • From the sacred to the secular : the gendered geography of veils in Italian cinquecento fashion / Eugenia Paulicelli
  • Embellishing herself with a cloth : the contradictory life of the handkerchief / Bella Mirabella
  • Busks, bodices, bodies / Ann Rosalind Jones and Peter Stallybrass
  • "Had it a codpiece, 'twere a man indeed" : the codpiece as constitutive accessory in early modern English culture / Will Fisher
  • Dildos and accessories : the functions of early modern strap-ons / Liza Blake
  • Chains of pearls : gender, property, identity / Karen Raber
  • "As my whole trust is in him" : jewelry and the quality of early modern relationships / Catherine Richardson
  • Forms in wax : Shakespeare and the personality of the seal / Joseph Loewenstein
  • Accessorizing the stage : alien women's work and the fabric of early modern material culture / Natasha Korda
  • "Grandissima gratia" : the power of Italian Renaissance shoes as intimate wear / Michelle A. Laughran and Andrea Vianello
  • What we talk about when we talk about scissors / Adam Smyth
  • "Bought my boye" : the boy as accessory on the early modern stage / Amanda Bailey.