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historian to use the archives as a vantage point from which she can bring to light new forms of knowledge that would otherwise have remained shrouded in obscurity.
Arlette Farge • The Allure of the Archives (The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History)
From conveying financial capital, luxury shifted to indicating cultural capital.
Sara Bernat • How luxury transformed from opulence to populace, and what it means for brands
Within a few generations, Venice’s brilliant idea of imprisoning Jews in ghettos went viral too.
Dara Horn • People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present
might provide material decisive
Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
helped her acquire a large coffered ceiling from Orvieto, the hill town near Rome, decorated with painted scenes from ancient myths.
Natalie Dykstra • Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner
Archival discoveries are a manna that fully justify their name: sources,b as refreshing as wellsprings.
Arlette Farge • The Allure of the Archives (The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History)
surrealist Italian Elsa Schiaparelli
Clare Press • Wardrobe Crisis: How We Went From Sunday Best to Fast Fashion
Through cultural associations, collections accumulate social and economic capital that is used by collectors to convey their status and taste.