World in Dress - Costume Books Across Italy, Europe, and the East

This Element contributes to the expanding field of early modern cultural studies in a global perspective by exploring how costume books and albums participated in the shaping of a new visual culture that displayed the diversity of the people of the known world on a variety of media.

List of contents

1. Staging the Clothing of the Early Modern World; 2. The Ottoman Empire; 3. Italy, Europe, and Japan; Bibliography.

Product details

• Authors: Giulia Calvi, Guilia Calvi
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2022
• EAN: 9781108823302
• ISBN: 978-1-108-82330-2
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in the Renaissance
• Subjects: Guides > Health > Beauty/cosmetics; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Japan, Europe, European History, Ottoman Empire, HISTORY / Europe / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Material Culture, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, C 1600 To C 1700