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Domestic Interiors: Representing Homes from the Victorians to the Moderns

Georgina Downey

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Description:In the act of enclosing space and making rooms, we make and define our aspirations and identities.Taking a room by room approach, this fascinating volume explores how representations of domestic space have embodied changing spatial configurations and values, and considers how we see modern individuals in the process of making themselves 'at home'. Scholars from the US, UK and Australasia re-visit and re-think interiors by Bonnard, Matisse, Degas and Vuillard, as well as the great spaces of early modernity; the drawing room in Rossetti's house, hallways in Hampstead Garden Suburb, the Paris attic of the Brothers Goncourt; Sch tte-Lihotzky's Frankfurt Kitchen, to explore how interior making has changed from the Victorian to the modern period.From the smallest room - the bathroom - to the spacious verandas of Singapore Deco, "Domestic Interiors" focuses on modern rooms 'imaged' and imagined, it builds a distinct body of knowledge around the interior, interiority, representation and modernity, and creates a rich resource for students and scholars in art, architecture and design history."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Domestic Interiors: Representing Homes from the Victorians to the Moderns. To get started finding Domestic Interiors: Representing Homes from the Victorians to the Moderns, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 224

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Release: 2013

ISBN: 1472539419

Description: In the act of enclosing space and making rooms, we make and define our aspirations and identities.Taking a room by room approach, this fascinating volume explores how representations of domestic space have embodied changing spatial configurations and values, and considers how we see modern individuals in the process of making themselves 'at home'. Scholars from the US, UK and Australasia re-visit and re-think interiors by Bonnard, Matisse, Degas and Vuillard, as well as the great spaces of early modernity; the drawing room in Rossetti's house, hallways in Hampstead Garden Suburb, the Paris attic of the Brothers Goncourt; Sch tte-Lihotzky's Frankfurt Kitchen, to explore how interior making has changed from the Victorian to the modern period.From the smallest room - the bathroom - to the spacious verandas of Singapore Deco, "Domestic Interiors" focuses on modern rooms 'imaged' and imagined, it builds a distinct body of knowledge around the interior, interiority, representation and modernity, and creates a rich resource for students and scholars in art, architecture and design history."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Domestic Interiors: Representing Homes from the Victorians to the Moderns. To get started finding Domestic Interiors: Representing Homes from the Victorians to the Moderns, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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