The clothing of the Renaissance world : Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas : Cesare Vecellio's Habiti Antichi et Moderni / [essay and translation by] Margaret F. Rosenthal and Ann Rosalind Jones.

Author/creator Vecellio, Cesare
Other author Rosenthal, Margaret F.
Other author Jones, Ann Rosalind.
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon ; New York : Thames & Hudson, 2008.
Description600 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 x 28 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Supplemental ContentInhaltsverzeichnis
Supplemental ContentInhaltsverzeichnis
Supplemental ContentInhaltsverzeichnis
Subjects
Clothing and dress--Early works to 1800.
Clothing and dress--History. --Medieval, 500-1500.
Clothing and dress--History. --To 500.

Uniform titleHabiti antichi et moderni di tutto il mondo. English
Portion of title Cesare Vecellio's Habiti Antichi et Moderni
Contents Introduction: Vecellio and his world -- The clothing, ancient and modern, of various parts of the world (1590), / Cesare Vecellio : Discourse on ancient and modern clothing -- Book I: The clothing, customs and habits of all Europe : The clothing of ancient and modern Rome ; The clothing of early Venice and the Veneto ; The clothing of modern Venice and the Veneto ; The clothing of Lombardy ; The clothing of Liguria or Genoa ; The clothing of Tuscany ; The clothing of the kingdom of Naples ; The clothing of kingdom of France ; The clothing of Spain ; The clothing of Germany [including Livonia, Silesia, Danzig, Denmark, Sweden, and Bohemia] ; The clothing of Helvetia [including Prussia, the Low Countries, Hungary, Croatia, Dalmatia, Poland, and Russia] ; The clothing of Flanders ; The clothing of England [including Gotland and Livellandia] ; The clothing of Turkey ; The clothing of Greece -- Book II: The clothing, customs and ways of life of Asia and Africa : Discourse on the clothing, ancient and modern, of Africa and Asia ; The clothing of Caramania ; The clothing of Armenia [including Georgia and Persia] ; The clothing of Syria and Damascus [including the East Indies, Ethiopia, Japan, and China] ; The clothing of Africa -- The clothing, ancient and modern, of the whole world (1598) -- From Book XII The clothing, customs and ways of life of Asia and Africa : the clothing of America.
Abstract From the Publisher: A classic work on costume: an essential reference for anyone interested in costume history, Renaissance studies, theater, and ethnography.
General noteTranslated from the Italian.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 45-48) and index.
Genre/formQuelle.
LCCN 2008900996
ISBN9780500514269 (hbk.)
ISBN0500514267 (hbk.)

Availability

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Joyner Reference Stacks GT509 .V4213 2008 ✔ Available