A Cultural History of Furniture in the Age of Exploration

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

Buch | Hardcover

264 Seiten

2024
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-4725-7784-9 (ISBN)

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The 16th and 17th centuries in Europe witnessed a significant paradigm shift. Rooted in medieval beliefs and preoccupations, the exploration so characteristic of the period stemmed from religious motives but came to be propelled by commerce and curiosity as Europeans increasingly engaged with the rest of the world. Interiors in both public and private spaces changed to reflect these cultural encounters and, with them, the furniture with which they were populated. Visually, furniture of this period displayed new designs, forms and materials. In its uses, it also mirrored developments in science, technology, government and social relationships as prints became more widely distributed, the Wunderkammer developed and there was religious strife and resistance to absolute monarchical rule.

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.

Christina Anderson is Senior Research Associate, School of European Languages, Culture and Society, University College London, UK Elizabeth A. Carroll is Lecturer in the Department of Art and Art History, San José State University, USA

List of Illustrations
Notes on Contributors
Series Preface

Introduction, Christina M. Anderson and Elizabeth A. Carroll
1. Design and Motifs, Martha H. Willoughby
2. Makers, Making, and Materials, Yannick Chastang and Adam Bowett
3. Types and Uses: Medieval Furniture in Social Context, James Yorke
4. The Domestic Setting, Claudia Goldstein
5. The Public Setting, María Paz Aguiló-Alonso and Paul Rem
6. Exhibition and Display, Michael Wenzel
7. Furniture and Architecture, M. B. Aldrich
8. Visual Representations, Jeffrey Collins
9. Verbal Representations, Deborah L. Krohn
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	05.10.2021
Reihe/Serie	The Cultural Histories Series
Co-Autor	Professor Megan Aldrich
Zusatzinfo	31 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	1-4725-7784-1 / 1472577841
ISBN-13	978-1-4725-7784-9 / 9781472577849
Zustand	Neuware