Brilliant bodies : fashioning courtly men in early Renaissance Italy /

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"Explores the relationship between fashion and power in Renaissance Italy, focusing on visual art and culture and the nature of aristocratic masculinity and patriarchal authority"--

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: McCall, Timothy (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2022]
Subjects:
To 1500
Nobility > Clothing > Italy > History > To 1500.
Men's clothing > Italy > History > To 1500.
Fashion > Political aspects > Italy > History > To 1500.
Body image in men > Italy > History > To 1500.
Fashion and art.
ART / History / Renaissance
Body image in men.
Courts and courtiers > Clothing.
Fashion > Political aspects.
Men's clothing.
Nobility > Clothing.
Italy > Court and courtiers > Clothing > History > To 1500.
Italy.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : brilliant bodies and fashionable men at court
  • Riddled with gilt : lords in shining armor and shimmering brocades
  • "Ornado d'oro e giemme" : brilliant male bodies adorned
  • The contours of Renaissance fashion
  • Fair princes : blanched beauty, nobility, and power
  • Epilogue : black is the new gold.

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