Armour and masculinity in the Italian Renaissance
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Author
Publication
2010 - University of Toronto Press, Toronto, Ontario
Language
English
Word Count
60,250 words, Guess
Page Count
241 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-101442640553
- ISBN-139781442640559
- Library of Congress Control Number2010549124
- OCLC Control Number466659581
- Better World Books9781442640559
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL25017384M
Classifications
- DDC739.7/5094509031
- LCCNK6652.A1 S67 2010
- LCCNK6652.A1S67 2010
Description
"During the Italian Wars of 1494 to 1559, with innovations in military technology and tactics, armour began to disappear from the battlefield. Yet as field armour was retired, parade and ceremonial armour grew increasingly flamboyant. Displaced from its utilitarian function of defense but retained for symbolic uses, armour evolved in a new direction as a medium of artistic expression. Luxury armour became a chief accessory in the performance of elite male identity, coded with messages regarding the owner's social status, genealogy, and political alliances. Carolyn Springer decodes Renaissance armour as three-dimensional portraits through the case studies of three patrons of luxury armourers, Guidobaldo II della Rovere (1514-75), Charles V Habsburg (1500-58 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1519-56), and Cosimo I de'Medici (1519-74). A fascinating exposition of male self-representation, Armour and Masculinity in the Italian Renaissance explores the significance of armour in early modern Italy as both cultural artefact and symbolic form."--pub. desc.
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Series Statement
- Toronto Italian studies
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