Ornamentalism: The Art of Renaissance Accessories - Tapa dura

A pleasurable and illuminating collection that sets out the important implications of accessories and shows how conspicuous consumption and ornamental ostentation aim to secure status and display affiliation. Ornamentalism explains how accessories carry heavily laden symbolic and mnemonic significance, given their age, beauty, and value. -Richard McCoy, Queens College, Graduate Center, City University of New York|"A wealth of information about fascinating stuff. This well-conceived volume features contributions from the most interesting, influential, and deservedly well-known scholars working in the field of early modern material culture." -Steven Mullaney, University of Michigan

Bella Mirabella is Associate Professor of literature and humanities at New York University. She is coeditor (with Lennard J. Davis) of Left Politics and the Literary Profession.