A cultural history of dress and fashion in the Renaissance / / edited by Elizabeth Currie

• Pubblicazione: London, England : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , [2018]; ©2018
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (292 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 391.009
• Soggetto topico: Clothing and dress - History; Fashion - History; Fashion - Europe - History; Clothing and dress - Europe - History
• Persona (resp. second.): CurrieElizabeth (Fashion designer), <1967->
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Sommario/riassunto: A cultural history of dress and fashion' presents an authoritative survey from ancient times to the present. This set of six volumes covers over 2,500 years of dress and fashion. Volume 1: Antiquity (500BCE-800AD), edited by Mary Harlow; Volume 2: The Medieval Age (800-1450), edited by Sarah-Grace Heller; Volume 3: The Renaissance (1450-1650), edited by Elizabeth Currie; Volume 4: The Age of Enlightenment (1650-1800), edited by Peter McNeil; Volume 5: The Age of Empire (1800-1920), edited by Denise Amy Baxter; Volume 6: The Modern Age (1920-2000+), edited by Alexandra Palmer. Each volume discusses the same key themes in its chapters: 1. Textiles 2. Production and Distribution 3. The Body 4. Belief 5. Gender and Sexuality 6. Status 7. Ethnicity 8. Visual Representations 9. Literary Representations. This structure means readers can either have a broad overview of a period by reading a volume or follow a theme through history by reading the relevant chapter in each volume. Superbly illustrated, the full six volume set combines to present the most authoritative and comprehensive survey available on dress and fashion through history.
• Titolo autorizzato: A cultural history of dress and fashion in the Renaissance
• ISBN: 1-350-11413-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910793221103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II