A01=Elizabeth Currie
Author_Elizabeth Currie
Baroque
beggars
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early modern
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fashion
Italy
poverty
prostitutes
Roma
Rome
servants
sex workers
soldiers
Product details
- ISBN 9781836390855
- Dimensions: 168 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 22 Sep 2025
- Publisher: Reaktion Books
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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In late sixteenth-century Rome, artists found inspiration in bustling streets and taverns, depicting soldiers, Romani fortune tellers, sex workers and servants among the city’s poorest inhabitants. Street Style explores these hidden lives, uncovering how the stories of ordinary people are preserved through their clothing and appearances in art. Written records highlight the harsh conditions faced by marginalized groups, while prints and paintings often promoted visual stereotypes. With fresh interpretations of notable works by Caravaggio and his followers, this book reveals the complex social meanings of dress and the ways art captured and shaped the real-life struggles of early modern Italy’s lower classes.
Elizabeth Currie teaches at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London. She has published widely on the history of fashion and textiles, including the edited volume A Cultural History of Dress and Fashion in the Renaissance (2017).
