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The first book of fashion : the book of clothes of Matthäus & Veit Konrad Schwarz of Augsburg / edited by Ulinka Rublack and Maria Hayward.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Schwarz, Matthäus, 1497-approximately 1574, author.
Schwarz, Veit Konrad, 1541-1587, author.
Tiramani, Jenny, author.
Contributor:
Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)
Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
Rublack, Ulinka, editor, writer of introduction.
Hayward, Maria, editor, author.
Standardized Title:
Trachtenbuch. English
Language:
English
German
Subjects (All):
Fashion--Germany--Early works to 1800.
Fashion.
Costume--Germany--Early works to 1800.
Costume.
Clothing and dress--Germany--Early works to 1800.
Clothing and dress.
Germany.
Genre:
Early works.
Physical Description:
x, 410 pages : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm
Edition:
Revised paperback edition.
Place of Publication:
London : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2021.
Summary:
This captivating study reproduces arguably the most extraordinary primary source documents in fashion history. Providing a revealing window onto the Renaissance, it chronicles how style-conscious accountant Matthäus Schwarz and his son Veit Konrad experienced life through clothes, and climbed the social ladder through fastidious management of self-image. These bourgeois dandies' agenda resonates as powerfully today as it did in the 16th century: one has to dress to impress, and dress to impress they did.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Introduction I The First Book of Fashion / Ulinka Rublack
Introduction II Fashionable Masculinity: The Clothing of Matthaus and Veit Konrad Schwarz / Maria Hayward
Editorial Notes
The First Book of Fashion: Matthaus Schwarz of Augsburg
The Book of Clothes of Veit Konrad Schwarz, ca. 1561
Commentaries
Reconstructing a Schwarz Outfit / Jenny Tiramani.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
ISBN:
9781350197060
1350197068
OCLC:
1179286226
Publisher Number:
99990375120

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