Gilding the Market: Luxury and Fashion in Fourteenth-Century Italy
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In the fourteenth century, garish ornaments, bright colors, gilt, and military effects helped usher in the age of fashion in Italy. Over a short span of years important matters began to turn on the cut of a sleeve. Fashion influenced consumption and provided a stimulus that drove demand for goods and turned wealthy townspeople into enthusiastic consumers. Making wise decisions about the alarmingly expensive goods that composed a fashionable wardrobe...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0812239008
ISBN13:9780812239003
Release Date:February 2006
Publisher:University of Pennsylvania Press
Length:344 Pages
Weight:1.65 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 6.5" x 9.3"
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