A Cultural History of Dress and Fashion in the Renaissance Volume 3

"Spurred by an increasingly international and competitive market, the Renaissance saw the development of many new fabrics and the use of highly prized ingredients imported from the New World. In response to a thirst for the new, fashion's pace of change accelerated, the production of garments provided employment for an increasingly significant proportion of the working population, and entrepreneurial artisans began to transform even the most functional garments into fashionable ones. Anxieties concerning vanity and the power of clothing to mask identities heightened fears of fashion's corrupting influence, and heralded the great age of sumptuary legislation intended to police status and gender through dress. Drawing on sources from surviving garments to artworks to moralising pamphlets, this richly illustrated volume presents essays on textiles, production and distribution, the body, belief, gender and sexuality, status, ethnicity, and visual and literary representations to illustrate the diversity and cultural significance of dress and fashion in the period."--Bloomsbury Publishing A Cultural History Of Dress And Fashion' Presents An Authoritative Survey From Ancient Times To The Present. This Set Of Six Volumes Covers Over 2,500 Years Of Dress And Fashion. Volume 1: Antiquity (500bce-800ad), Edited By Mary Harlow; Volume 2: The Medieval Age (800-1450), Edited By Sarah-grace Heller; Volume 3: The Renaissance (1450-1650), Edited By Elizabeth Currie; Volume 4: The Age Of Enlightenment (1650-1800), Edited By Peter Mcneil; Volume 5: The Age Of Empire (1800-1920), Edited By Denise Amy Baxter; Volume 6: The Modern Age (1920-2000+), Edited By Alexandra Palmer. Each Volume Discusses The Same Key Themes In Its Chapters: 1. Textiles 2. Production And Distribution 3. The Body 4. Belief 5. Gender And Sexuality 6. Status 7. Ethnicity 8. Visual Representations 9. Literary Representations. This Structure Means Readers Can Either Have A Broad Overview Of A Period By Reading A Volume Or Follow A Theme Through History By Reading The Relevant Chapter In Each Volume. Superbly Illustrated, The Full Six Volume Set Combines To Present The Most Authoritative And Comprehensive Survey Available On Dress And Fashion Through History.