Fashion and masculinity in Renaissance Florence / Elizabeth Currie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Currie, Elizabeth, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fashion--Italy--Florence--History--16th century.

Fashion.

Florence (Italy)--Court and courtiers--History--16th century.

Florence (Italy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 202 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

London, England : Bloomsbury Academic, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"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 Situating dress at the heart of identity formation, Currie traces these codes through an array of sources, including unpublished archival records, surviving garments, portraiture, poetry, and personal correspondence between the Medici and their courtiers.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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Praise For; Fashion and Masculinity in Renaissance Florence; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents ; List of Illustrations ; Acknowledgments ; Notes on the Text ; Money and Measurements ; Abbreviations ; Introduction ; Part 1 Fashioning the Medici Court ; Chapter 1 The court on show ; 1.1 ;Spiders ' webs and legal loopholes ; 1.2 ;Seeing and being seen ; 1.3 ;Liveries of the court ; 1.4 ;The Riccardi host a party ; Chapter 2 The rise and fall of the Florentine toga ; 2.1 ;The cloak of nobility

2.2 ;Enforcement strategies 2.3 ;The lucco ' s shortcomings ; Part 2 The Courtier as Consumer ; Chapter 3 The noble art of shopping ; 3.1 ;Supporting local textiles ; 3.2 ;Tailors and their apes ; Chapter 4 Ruinous appearances ; 4.1 ;Honor and family rituals ; 4.2 ;Diplomatic codes of honor ; Part 3 Modes of Masculinity ; Chapter 5 The versatility of black ; 5.1 ;Clothing owned and painted ; 5.2 ;Representing restraint ; 5.3 ;Gendered portrait conventions ; 5.4 ;The social values of black ; Chapter 6 Youth, fashion, and desire

6.1 ;The threat of effeminacy ; 6.2 ;Distinguishing fashionable from effeminate ; Chapter 7 Festive dress ;7.1 ;Dressed to fight ; 7.2 ;Masquerade Costumes ; Conclusion ; Notes ; Introduction ; Chapter 1 ; Chapter 3 ; Chapter 5 ; Chapter 7 ; Conclusion ; Bibliography ; Archival documents ; Printed texts ; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781350169982

1350169986

9781474249782

1474249787

9781474249775

1474249779

OCLC:

949930838