Luxury [ Taste & Manners ]
… its merits for the community and its positive impact on employment and free trade. Concepts > Taste & Manners Mots-clés Art Commodities Community Consumption Furniture Luxury Porcelain Shopping Tea-table Women The rise of consumer goods and … also to display it as evidence of their status. While philosophers, historians, and literati , from Plato to Werner Sombart, have mused about luxury for over 2,000 years, its meanings have varied greatly, as have the judgements passed on it. … misunderstood the meaning of this library, which does not aim to educate but is more of a status symbol. The expanding market for paintings and engravings is another indicator for the rise of ‘new’ luxuries. If before 1700, paintings were …
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