1.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991000136079707536

Autore

Convegno internazionale della ceramica <22. ; 1989 ; Albisola>

Titolo

"Le terraglie italiane" : atti [del] XXII Convegno internazionale della ceramica : Albisola, 26-28 maggio 1989 / Centro ligure per la storia della ceramica, Albisola

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albisola : Centro ligure per la storia della ceramica, 1989

Descrizione fisica

277 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Altri autori (Enti)

Centro ligure per la storia della ceramica, Albisolaauthor

Soggetti

Ceramiche - Storia - Congresso

Ceramiche - Terraglie italiane - Congresso

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910258355103321

Autore

Withey A

Titolo

Technology, Self-Fashioning and Politeness in Eighteenth-Century Britain : Refined Bodies / / by A. Withey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Pivot, , 2016

ISBN

9781137467492

1137467495

9781137467485

1137467487

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (140 p.)

Collana

Palgrave pivot

Disciplina

306.09

Soggetti

Civilization - History

Science - History

Great Britain - History

History, Modern

Social history

Cultural History

History of Science

History of Britain and Ireland

Modern History

Social History



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Framing the Enlightened Body -- 1 Shaping the Body: The Politics of Posture -- 2 Shaving and Masculinity in Eighteenth- Century Britain -- 3 Managing the Body: The Material Culture of Personal Grooming -- 4 New Ways of Seeing: Sight, Spectacles and Self-Fashioning -- Coda: Surgical Instruments and Bodily Transformation -- Conclusion: (Re)constructing the Eighteenth- Century Body -- Select Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

The second half of the eighteenth century brought important changes in attitudes towards shaping the body. New expectations of polite conduct, deportment and demeanour were projected onto the body, with emphasis laid upon neatness, elegance and a 'natural' body shape. Deformities were to be concealed, whilst bodily surfaces were managed to convey a harmonious whole. A large number of 'technologies of the body' were involved in this process, including wooden legs, elastic trusses, and even wigs. But the introduction of a new type of steel - cast steel - around 1750, offered new material possibilities for shaping the body. The physical properties of steel transformed the design and function of many instruments, from postural devices to spectacles, and even the smallest daily items of toilette. By no means was steel the only material involved in transforming the body. Neither did it simply sweep away all that had gone before. But, as an 'enlightened metal', cast steel was a key material in the refinement of the body.