Thrust: A Spasmodic Pictorial History of the Codpiece in Art

by Michael Glover

Book Overview

A laugh-out-loud visual history of the strangest piece of men's clothing ever created: the codpiece. The codpiece was fashioned in the Middle Ages to close a revealing gap between two separate pieces of men's tights. By the sixteenth century, it had become an upscale must-have accessory. This lighthearted, illustrated examination of its history pulls in writers from Rabelais to Shakespeare and figures from Henry VIII to Alice Cooper. Glover's witty...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1644230240
• ISBN13: 9781644230244
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: David Zwirner Books
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.2" x 6.9"