Ornamentalism
Subtitle: the art of Renaissance accessories
By: edited and with an introduction by Bella Mirabella
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Ann Arbor
Language: eng
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9780472051175; 9780472071173; 9780472028009
Subjects: Renaissance; Dress accessories; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Scented buttons and perfumed gloves : smelling things in Renaissance Italy / Evelyn Welch; title: From the sacred to the secular : the gendered geography of veils in Italian cinquecento fashion / Eugenia Paulicelli; title: Embellishing herself with a cloth : the contradictory life of the handkerchief / Bella Mirabella; title: Busks, bodices, bodies / Ann Rosalind Jones and Peter Stallybrass; title: "Had it a codpiece, 'twere a man indeed" : the codpiece as constitutive accessory in early modern English culture / Will Fisher; title: Dildos and accessories : the functions of early modern strap-ons / Liza Blake; title: Chains of pearls : gender, property, identity / Karen Raber; title: "As my whole trust is in him" : jewelry and the quality of early modern relationships / Catherine Richardson; title: Forms in wax : Shakespeare and the personality of the seal / Joseph Loewenstein; title: Accessorizing the stage : alien women's work and the fabric of early modern material culture / Natasha Korda; title: "Grandissima gratia" : the power of Italian Renaissance shoes as intimate wear / Michelle A. Laughran and Andrea Vianello; title: What we talk about when we talk about scissors / Adam Smyth; title: "Bought my boye" : the boy as accessory on the early modern stage / Amanda Bailey.