Armour and Masculinity in the Italian Renaissance by Carolyn Springer PAPERBACK

Armour and Masculinity in the Italian Renaissance\nby Carolyn Springer\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Carolyn Springer\nTitle: Armour and Masculinity in the Italian Renaissance\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Military history\nPublisher: University of Toronto Press\nPublication year: 2013\nISBN-13: 9781442626171\nISBN-10: 1442626178\nRRP: \u00A328.99\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nDuring the Italian Wars of 1494 to 1559, with innovations in military technology and tactics, armour began to disappear from the battlefield. Yet as field armour was retired, parade and ceremonial armour grew increasingly flamboyant. Displaced from its utilitarian function of defense but retained for symbolic uses, armour evolved in a new direction as a medium of artistic expression. \nLuxur.