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2 books match the query 'Dress accessories'
Ornamentalism
The Art of Renaissance AccessoriesEdited and with an Introduction by Bella Mirabella
University of Michigan Press, 2011
Ornamentalism is the first book to focus on Renaissance accessories, their histories and meanings. The collection's eminent contributors bring accessories to the center of a discussion about material culture, dress, and adornment, exploring their use, significance, and multiple lives. Defining an “accessory” in the broadest sense—including scents, veils, handkerchiefs, lingerie, codpieces, dildos, jewels, ruffs, wax seals, busks, shoes, scissors, and even boys—the book provides a rich cultural history that’s eclectic and bold, including discussions of bodily functions, personal hygiene, and sexuality.
Lively, well-written, and richly illustrated with color plates, Ornamentalism will appeal to scholars of the material past and social practice, and those interested in fashion studies, manners and morals, gender and sexuality, theater and performance.
Lively, well-written, and richly illustrated with color plates, Ornamentalism will appeal to scholars of the material past and social practice, and those interested in fashion studies, manners and morals, gender and sexuality, theater and performance.
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The World of Roman Costume
Edited by Judith Lynn Sebesta and Larissa Bonfante
University of Wisconsin Press, 1994
The first extensive investigation of Roman dress in decades, this volume provides an interdisciplinary view of how men and women conveyed rank, gender, and status through their clothing within Roman society and in other societies where Roman influence was pervasive.
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