The Dress of the Venetians, 1495-1525

by Stella Mary Newton

Tracing the development of Venetian fashion and their appearance in contemporary works of art, this book discusses the unique attitude of the Venetian Republic to the dress of its patricians, its citizens and its women, as well as to the dress of foreigners. It relies extensively on the views of the Senate on dress, and considers Venice's contempt for the current fashions in the rest of Italy. There is also a discussion of the position of the tailors...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0859677354
• ISBN13: 9780859677356
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Scolar Press
• Length: 195 Pages