Writing Fashion in Early Modern Italy: From Sprezzatura to Satire

Writing Fashion in Early Modern Italy: From Sprezzatura to Satire
ISBN-10
1472411706
ISBN-13
9781472411709
Category
Art
Pages
281
Language
English
Published
2014-06-28
Publisher
Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Author
Professor Eugenia Paulicelli

Description

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.

Other editions

Similar books