Luxury [ Taste & Manners ]
… displayed items associated with ‘surplus resources’ and ‘high culture’ to cement their elite status and underline their authority. Thus, the display of luxurious items was also a display of political and / or military power. In contrast, … ambitions, love of luxury, and desire to socialize in a fashion well above his position, annoy the observer and author of the piece , who, after a sumptuous dinner, express his belief that such excesses could only lead to ruin. The …
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