A Cultural History of Furniture in the Age of Enlightenment

Christina M. Anderson, Dr Elizabeth A. Carroll (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

296 Seiten

2024
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-4725-7785-6 (ISBN)

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The 18th century saw the height of court culture in Europe as well as the beginnings of its demise with conflicts such as the American and French Revolutions. The Scientific Revolution, which had begun in the preceding centuries, also ushered in a new intellectual era which advocated the use of reason to effect change in government and to advance progress in society. For furniture, this meant ever-higher standards of luxury in the designs, techniques and materials utilized for the best pieces, and more structure and specialization in the furniture-making process itself. Furniture also came into its own during this period as a collectable work of art on its own merits.

Drawing upon a wealth of visual and textual sources, this volume presents essays that examine key characteristics of the furniture of the period on the themes of Design and Motifs; Makers, Making, and Materials; Types and Uses; The Domestic Setting; The Public Setting; Exhibition and Display; Furniture and Architecture; Visual Representations; and Verbal Representations.

Sylvain Cordier is Paul Mellon Curator and the Head of the Department of European Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmond, USA. Christina M. Anderson is Research Associate, School of European Languages, Culture and Society, University College London, UK Laura Houliston is Former Senior Curator, English Heritage, UK Laura Houliston

List of Illustrations
Notes on Contributors
Series Preface

Introduction, M. B. Aldrich with Sylvain Cordier

1. Design and Motifs, Barbara Lasic
2. Makers, Making, and Materials, Yannick Chastang
3. Types and Uses, Mary-Eve Marchand
4. The Domestic Setting, Antonia Brodie
5. The Public Setting, Jeffrey Collins
6. Exhibition and Display, Frederic Dassas
7. Furniture and Architecture, Peter N. Lindfield
8. Visual Representations, Michael Decrossas and Sylvain Cordier
9. Verbal Representations, Tessa Murdoch

Notes
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	05.10.2021
Reihe/Serie	The Cultural Histories Series
Co-Autor	Professor Megan Aldrich
Zusatzinfo	30 colour and 30 bw illus
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	169 x 244 mm
Gewicht	1000 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Design / Innenarchitektur / Mode
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
ISBN-10	1-4725-7785-X / 147257785X
ISBN-13	978-1-4725-7785-6 / 9781472577856
Zustand	Neuware