A laugh-out-loud visual history of the strangest piece of men\u2019s clothing ever created: the codpiece.The codpiece was fashioned in the Middle Ages to close a revealing gap between two separate pieces of men\u2019s tights. By the sixteenth century, it had become an upscale must-have accessory. This light-hearted, illustrated examination of its history pulls in writers from Rabelais to Shakespeare and figures from Henry VIII to Alice Cooper. Glover\u2019s witty and entertaining prose reveals how male vanity turned a piece of cloth into a bulging and absurd representation of masculinity itself. The codpiece, painted again and again by masters such as Titian, Holbein, Giorgione, and Bruegel, became a symbol of royalty, debauchery, virility, and religious seriousness\u2014all in one. Never has a piece of clothing revealed so much about men only by hiding their private parts. Glover\u2019s book moves from paintings to contemporary culture and back again as it charts the growing popularity of the codpiece and its eventual decline. The first history of its kind, this book is a must-read for art historians, anthropologists, fashion aficionados, and readers looking for a good, long laugh. Centuries of male self-importance and delusion are on display in this highly enjoyably new title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Thrust – A Spasmodic Pictorial History of the Codpiece<\/p>\n
Av Michael Glover, del av serien Ekphrasis<\/p>\n
ISBN 9781644230244
\nPublisert 2019-11-07
\nUtgiver David Zwirner
\nVekt 80 gr
\nH\u00f8yde 178 mm
\nBredde 108 mm
\nAldersniv\u00e5 G, 01
\nSpr\u00e5k Engelsk
\nFormat Heftet
\nAntall sider 94<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"afm_hide_title":false,"_afm_post_new_title":"","afm_terms_sep_product_language":", ","afm_terms_sep_product_post_translations":", ","afm_terms_sep_product_product_brand":", ","afm_terms_sep_product_product_type":", ","afm_terms_sep_product_product_visibility":", ","afm_terms_sep_product_product_cat":", ","afm_terms_sep_product_product_tag":", ","afm_terms_sep_product_product_shipping_class":", ","afm_terms_sep_product_pos_product_visibility":", ","afm_terms_sep_product_pa_cindy-sherman-art-bag":", "},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[173,92],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-64542","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","5":"product_cat-3106-anskaffede-boker","6":"product_cat-all-products","7":"product_shipping_class-plakat","9":"first","10":"outofstock","11":"taxable","12":"shipping-taxable","13":"purchasable","14":"product-type-simple"},"group_of_quantity":0,"min_quantity":0,"max_quantity":"","exclude_order_quantity_value_rules":"no","exclude_category_quantity_rules":"no","combine_variations":"no","yoast_head":"\n