The Rise Of Design

Saumarez Smith (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

272 Seiten

2000
Pimlico (Verlag)
978-0-7126-6476-9 (ISBN)

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This text offers an account of the appearance of 18th-century rooms at all levels of society and how and why attitudes to decoration changed. It relates the changes to broader aspects of the history of the period and quotes contemporary novelists and travellers to show how interiors were described.

An original and authoritative account of the appearance of rooms at all levels of society, and how and why attitudes to decoration changed. Examines the role of the architect, traces the emergence of the professional designed, and gives a pioneering account of how women first began to take a special interest in decoration.

Charles Saumarez Smith is the Director of the National Portrait Gallery. He is a member of the editorial board of Art History and an honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Art.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	5.10.2000
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	383 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Hausbau / Einrichten / Renovieren
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Technik ► Architektur
ISBN-10	0-7126-6476-9 / 0712664769
ISBN-13	978-0-7126-6476-9 / 9780712664769
Zustand	Neuware