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A pair of little gilded shoes: production, cost and meaning in Renaissance footwear
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posted on 2023-06-08, 09:21 authored by Michelle O'MalleyThis article focuses on women's luxury footwear to examine issues of economic, material, and familial life in Renaissance Italy. It uses graphic work by Albrecht Dürer to explore footwear design, and draw from disparate sources to propose a new method for evaluating its cost. The article argues that sumptuous footwear was available for a range of prices that are not reflected in surviving payment records, and that it was largely less expensive than moralists and legislators implied. In conclusion, it employs Minerbetti documentation to consider the role particular shoes may have played in developing personal subjectivity.
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Renaissance QuarterlyISSN
0034-4338Publisher
University of Chicago PressExternal DOI
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1Volume
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45-83Pages
39.0Department affiliated with
- Art History Publications
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2012-02-06Usage metrics
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