Isbn: 9782503536767 - Dressing the Part (2 results)

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. During the Middle Ages, textiles played a particularly prominent role in the communication of wealth and authority by mediating the body politic and defining spaces of political, religious, and social power. The intrinsic material value of textiles-which could be woven out of silk, enriched with silver and gold threads, and garnished with precious stones-complemented an elaborate visual language that conveyed ideological messages. From the ornamented sphere of ecclesiastical dress and the celebrations of feast days to an aristocrat's various rites of passage (such as birth, marriage, coronation, and death), textiles functioned as propaganda. Rulers across the European, Byzantine and Islamic worlds expressed their dynastic claims, military prowess, political aspirations and accomplishments by commissioning, displaying, wearing, and offering textiles. DJ; Large; Heavy. Slight bruising to bottom of spine and top of front cover. 213 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: New.