Luxury and the Ethics of Greed in Early Modern Italy

List of Illustrations ix
Acknowledgements xiii
Luxury and the Ethics of Greed in Early Modern Italy: An Introduction / Catherine Kovesi xv
Section One. Luxury and Greed: Defining the Terms
\'Luxus\': How Luxury Acquired its Lustre / Catherine Kovesi 3
Dante\'s She-Wolf: Luxury and Greed in the \'Divine Comedy\' / Lino Pertile 21
The Language of Luxury in Renaissance Florence / Peter Howard 47
Section Two. Consuming Luxury
\'Taste of Luxury\' in Renaissance Italy: In Practice and in the Literary Imagination / Laura Giannetti 73
Chocolate in the Historical Imagination / Rebecca Earle 95
\'Vesti bollate\': The Italian Fashion Gazette of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries (Shapes, Colours, Decorations) / Maria Giuseppina Muzzarelli 119
The Pressures of Magnificence: Senatorial Dress in Sixteenth-Century Venice / Jola Pellumbi 137
Section Three. Disseminating Luxury
Disseminating Luxury on the Streets of Italian Renaissance Cities / Rosa Salzberg 169
Italian Maiolica and Gift-Giving between Women c. 1480–1600 / Timothy Wilson 189
Luxury, Technology, and the Diplomatic Gift / Sean Roberts 215
Section Four. Faking It: The Pretence of Luxury
Material Fictions of Luxury in Sforza Milan / Timothy McCall	239
Cheap Magnificence? Imitation and Low-Cost Luxuries in Renaissance Italy / Paula Hohti 277
Index 299