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050	1	4	_aGT972.F55 _bC87 2019
100	1		_aCurrie, Elizabeth _c(Fashion designer) _921993
245	1	0	_aFashion and masculinity in Renaissance Florence / _cElizabeth Currie.
260			_aLondon ; _aNew York : _bBloomsbury Academic, _c2016.
300			_a202 p. ; _c24 cm.
501			_aK_B
520			_a"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 Situating dress at the heart of identity formation, Currie traces these codes through an array of sources, including unpublished archival records, surviving garments, portraiture, poetry, and personal correspondence between the Medici and their courtiers.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"-- _cProvided by publisher.
505	8		_aMachine generated contents note: -- Introduction Part 1 Fashioning the Medici Court -- Chapter 1 The Court on Show -- Chapter 2 The Rise and Fall of the Florentine Toga Part 2 The Courtier as Consumer -- Chapter 3 The Noble Art of Shopping -- Chapter 4 Ruinous Appearances Part 3 Modes of Masculinity -- Chapter 5 The Versatility of Black -- Chapter 6 Youth, Fashion, and Desire -- Chapter 7 Festive Dress Conclusion Bibliography -- Index.
650		0	_aFashion _zItaly _zFlorence _xHistory _y16th century. _921994
650		0	_aMen's clothing _zItaly _zFlorence _xHistory _y16th century. _921995
650		0	_aNobility _xClothing _zItaly _zFlorence _xHistory _y16th century. _921996
650		0	_aMasculinity _xSocial aspects _zItaly _zFlorence _xHistory _y16th century. _921997
651		0	_aFlorence (Italy) _xCourt and courtiers _xHistory _y16th century. _921998
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