[ePub] The Essence of Style: How the French Invented High Fashion; Fine Food; Chic Cafes; Style; Sophistication; and Glamour by Joan DeJean in Arts-Photography

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This book adds an entirely new dimension to the consideration of Humanism and Italian culture. It will make a welcome addition to the field of cultural studies by broadening the subject to consider an important source of information that has been previously overlooked. ―Timothy McGeeThe Eloquent Body offers a history and analysis of court dancing during the Renaissance; within the context of Italian Humanism. Each chapter addresses different philosophical; social; or intellectual aspects of dance during the 15th century. Some topics include issues of economic class; education; and power; relating dance treatises to the ideals of Humanism and the meaning of the arts; ideas of the body as they relate to elegance; nobility; and ethics; the intellectual history of dance based on contemporaneous readings of Pythagoras and Plato; and a comparison of geometric dance structures to geometric order in Humanist architecture.