Arts of Living

Europe 1600-1800

Inbunden, Engelska, 2015

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The Arts of Living explores the range, depth and beauty of the V&A's European collections from 1600-1815, the period that laid the foundations for the world we know today. At the heart of the book is in investigation into the objects of everyday life, and the ways that art and design both reflected and changed how people lived. The works of art and manufactured goods with which men and women surrounded themselves defined their identity and role in society - from monarchs to merchants, craftsmen to housewives.Singular masterpieces by painters and sculptors including Boucher and Bernini, along with the work of such leading manufacturers as the Gobelins, Boulle and Meissen, illustrate a great diversity of subjects, from Louis XIV and Catherine the Great to male adornment and fashionable silks, from Jewish traditions and the Dutch interior to the East India trade and Africans in European art.

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Utgivningsdatum2015-11-01
Mått235 x 260 x 25 mm
Vikt1 070 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor208
FörlagV & A Publishing
ISBN9781851778072

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Elizabeth Miller is Senior Curator of prints at the V&A. and a member of the Europe Galleries concept team. She has written extensively on prints in the Italian Renaissance home and the Petrucci Pavement and is author of 16th-Century Italian Ornament Prints (V&A, 1999). Hilary Young is Senior Curator of ceramics at the V&A. and a member of the Europe Galleries concept team. His publications include English Porcelain, 1745 - 95 (V&A, 1999), Elegant Eating (V&A, 2002) and Masterpieces of World Ceramics (V&A, 2008).

1. RELIGION AND STATE -- Catholicism Across the Globe, Kirstin Kennedy -- War, Angus Patterson -- Jewish Traditions, Louise Hofman -- Death and Commemoration, Ana Debenedetti -- Louis XIV, Lesley Ellis Miller and Corinne Thepaut-Cabasset -- Catholicism in the Age of Enlightenment, Lesley Ellis Miller and Rosie Mills -- Madame de Pompadour, Barbara Lasic -- Catherine the Great, Alicia Robinson -- Representing the Revolution, Frances Rankine -- Napoleon and Josephine, Elizabeth Bisley -- 2. EXPLORING AND CLASSIFYING THE WORLD -- Global Trade, Hilary Young -- Spanish America, Kirstin Kennedy -- Asian Imports and Their Imitations, Hilary Young -- Africans in European Art, Dawn Hoskin -- Collecting, Elizabeth Miller -- A Paper Museum, Susan Owens -- The Encyclopedie, Rowan Watson -- 3. ARCHITECTURE, INTERIORS AND GARDENS, Reinventing Classical Architecture, Maurice Howard -- The Dutch Interior, Elizabeth Miller -- Cabinet Furniture, Nick Humphrey -- Telling the Time, Tessa Murdoch -- Panelled Room from La Tournerie, Joanna Norman -- Furnishing the Parisian Townhouse, Joanna Norman -- Supplying the Market for Luxury Furniture, Sarah Medlam -- Buying and Selling Luxury Goods in Paris, Catrin Jones -- Supplying Local Markets, Loraine Long -- The Serilly Cabinet, Barbara Lasic -- Gardens, Lucy Trench -- 4. SOCIAL AND CULTURAL LIFE -- Performance, Joanna Norman -- Drinking Rituals of Faith, Love and Loyalty, Angela McShane -- Hunting, Angus Patterson -- Grand Dining, Hilary Young -- The Social Life of the Salon, Catrin Jones -- Tea, Coffee and Chocolate, Hilary Young -- Music at Home, Joanna Norman -- Games and Gaming, Elizabeth Bisley -- Writing, Barbara Lasic -- Spinning and Needlework, Clare Browne -- The Toilette and the Bedroom, Sarah Medlam -- 5. FASHION AND DRESS -- Male Adornment, Lesley Ellis Miller -- Silks and Fashion, Lesley Ellis Miller -- Lace in Fashion, Clare Browne -- Accessories, Heike Zech -- Revolution to Empire Fashion, Jenny Lister