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Spanish Style: Fashion Illuminated, 1550-1700

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Description:Catalogue of an exhibition at the Hispanic SocietyNovember 6, 2025 – March 22, 2026A distinctive dress style characterized by extremes flourished in Spain between 1550 and 1700. Fueled by imperial expansion, Spanish fashions combined sumptuous materials, innovative tailoring, and physically restrictive accessories—such as gigantic ruffs and huge hoopskirts—with a military aesthetic and visible expressions of Catholic piety. Spanish Style: Fashion Illuminated tells the story of this shocking era in the history of fashion through the Hispanic Society’s rich collection of textiles, jewels, sculptures, and portraits. The exhibition features sixteen rarely seen manuscripts (cartas ejecutorias de hidalguía) from Spain and Mexico with illuminated portraits that show how upwardly mobile families dressed for social advancement in the Spanish Empire. This catalogue includes an even larger selection of these remarkable manuscripts, seen here in stunning full-color illustrations, with new scholarship that explains how and why clothes and accessories that seem so impractical were such important and effective status markers for the men, women, and children who wore them.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Spanish Style: Fashion Illuminated, 1550-1700. To get started finding Spanish Style: Fashion Illuminated, 1550-1700, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 88

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: The Hispanic Society of America (New York) and Ediciones El Viso (Madrid)

Release: 2025

ISBN: 1569542015

Description: Catalogue of an exhibition at the Hispanic SocietyNovember 6, 2025 – March 22, 2026A distinctive dress style characterized by extremes flourished in Spain between 1550 and 1700. Fueled by imperial expansion, Spanish fashions combined sumptuous materials, innovative tailoring, and physically restrictive accessories—such as gigantic ruffs and huge hoopskirts—with a military aesthetic and visible expressions of Catholic piety. Spanish Style: Fashion Illuminated tells the story of this shocking era in the history of fashion through the Hispanic Society’s rich collection of textiles, jewels, sculptures, and portraits. The exhibition features sixteen rarely seen manuscripts (cartas ejecutorias de hidalguía) from Spain and Mexico with illuminated portraits that show how upwardly mobile families dressed for social advancement in the Spanish Empire. This catalogue includes an even larger selection of these remarkable manuscripts, seen here in stunning full-color illustrations, with new scholarship that explains how and why clothes and accessories that seem so impractical were such important and effective status markers for the men, women, and children who wore them.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Spanish Style: Fashion Illuminated, 1550-1700. To get started finding Spanish Style: Fashion Illuminated, 1550-1700, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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