Gilding the Market: Luxury and Fashion in Fourteenth-Century ItalyUniversity of Pennsylvania Press, Incorporated, 2006 - 322 pages 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 became a matter of pressing concern, especially when the market caught on and became awash in cheaper editions of luxury wares. |
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Gilding the Market: Luxury and Fashion in Fourteenth-Century Italy Susan Mosher Stuard Limited preview - 2011 |
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Passion and Order: Restraint of Grief in the Medieval Italian Communes Carol Lansing Limited preview - 2008 |