ISBN:
9781350169982
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9781474249768
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9781474249782
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9781474249775
Language:
English
Pages:
xv, 202 Seiten
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Illustrationen
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
391.00945/511
Keywords:
Geschichte 1500-1600
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Geschichte 1400-1600
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DESIGN / Fashion
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HISTORY / Europe / Western
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HISTORY / Renaissance
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies
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HISTORY / Europe / Italy
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Geschichte
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Gesellschaft
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Fashion History 16th century
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Men's clothing History 16th century
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Nobility Clothing 16th century
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History
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Masculinity Social aspects 16th century
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History
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DESIGN / Fashion
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HISTORY / Europe / Western
;
HISTORY / Renaissance
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies
;
HISTORY / Europe / Italy
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Bildnismalerei
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Mann
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Mode
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Männlichkeit
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Männlichkeit
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Männerkleidung
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Europa
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Italien
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Florence (Italy) Court and courtiers 16th century
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History
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Florenz
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Florenz
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Männerkleidung
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Mode
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Männlichkeit
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Männlichkeit
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Mann
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Bildnismalerei
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Geschichte 1400-1600
Abstract:
"Dress became a testing ground for masculine ideals in Renaissance Italy. With the establishment of the ducal regime in Florence in 1530, there was increasing debate about how to be a nobleman. Was fashionable clothing a sign of magnificence or a source of mockery? Was the graceful courtier virile or effeminate? How could a man dress for court without bankrupting himself? This book explores the whole story of clothing, from the tailor's workshop to spectacular court festivities, to show how the male nobility in one of Italy's main textile production centres used their appearances to project social, sexual, and professional identities. Sixteenth-century male fashion is often associated with swagger and ostentation but this book shows that Florentine clothing reflected manhood at a much deeper level, communicating a very Italian spectrum of male virtues and vices, from honour, courage, and restraint to luxury and excess. Situating dress at the heart of identity formation, Currie traces these codes through an array of sources, including unpublished archival records, surviving garments, portraiture, poetry, and personal correspondence between the Medici and their courtiers. Addressing important themes such as gender, politics, and consumption, Fashion and Masculinity in Renaissance Florence sheds fresh light on the sartorial culture of the Florentine court and Italy as a whole"...
