Clothes, Jewels and Textiles in the Villa de Nuestra Señora de La Candelaria de Medellín (1675-1785)
Year: 2020
Type: article
Abstract: This article investigates luxury consumption, mainly clothing, proposing a social, economic and aesthetic analysis of clothing practices in relation to the purchase and sale of clothing between 1675 and 1785 in the Villa de Nuestra Señora de La Candelaria de Medellín —Nuevo Reino de Granada, current Colombian territory—. This consumption cannot be separated from the values of luxury, mercantile production, transatlantic dynamics and the relations between the metropolis and its colonies, since they create what could be called an incipient geography of clothing. The sources that support this investigation are the mortuaries of the villagers, where the dresses listed there denote an aura of material luxury and a high emotional value, both for those who bequeath it and for those who expect to receive them.
Authors: Hoyos, Leifer, Hoyos, Leifer, Hoyos, Leifer
Language: Spanish
Subfield: Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W6989893197