The Decoration of Houses (eBook)

Emily J. Orlando (Herausgeber)

Edith Wharton, Ogden Codman (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2024
347 Seiten
Syracuse University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8156-5722-4 (ISBN)

Infos

Edith Wharton's The Decoration of Houses (1897), co-written with the architect Ogden Codman Jr., brought transatlantic fame to a writer best known as a chronicler of Gilded Age New York. In their decorating guidebook, Wharton and Codman, who collaborated on the design of the author's Massachusetts home, The Mount, advocated for simple but classically informed choices that resonate profoundly today. The book crystallizes what Wharton found to be troubling in Americans' enthusiasm for ostentation at the turn of the twentieth century-the late Victorian equivalent of the modern "e;McMansion."e;This annotated edition includes a comprehensive introduction that provides relevant biographical information on Wharton, as well as her literary work and how her perspectives on homeownership and decor informed her writing. The reproduction of the book's original illustrations alongside new annotations allows readers to visualize how Wharton's aesthetic preferences informed her writing, life, and charitable works. Valuable to Wharton scholars as well as students of design, The Decoration of Houses presents a definitive look at the tastes of a literary icon.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 18.10.2024
• Reihe/Serie: New York State Series
• Zusatzinfo: 65 black and white
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Design / Innenarchitektur / Mode
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Hausbau / Einrichten / Renovieren
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Architektur
• Schlagworte: 19th century • 20th century • Aesthetics • American History • American Literature • Architecture • Art and Art History • Edith Wharton • Gilded Age • Interior design • Literary criticism • Manual • New York State • The Mount • Women's and Gender Studies
• ISBN-10: 0-8156-5722-6 / 0815657226
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8156-5722-4 / 9780815657224