Oriental Interiors

John Potvin is Associate Professor in the Department of Art History at Concordia University, Canada, where he teaches on the intersections of art, interior design and fashion.

• Introduction: Inside Orientalism: Hybrid Spaces and Modern Interior DesignJohn Potvin, Concordia University, CanadaSection I: Modes of Display and RepresentationIntroduction to Section IChapter 1: The Emptiness of Western Aesthetics Versus the Aesthetics of Eastern Intimacy: A Reading of Interior Spaces and (Colonial) Literary Impressionism in E. M. Forster’s A Passage to IndiaVictor Vargas, Cogswell Polytechnic, USAChapter 2: The Exhibitionary Re-production of ‘Islamic’ ArchitectureSolmaz Mohammadzadeh Kive, University of Colorado, USAChapter 3: Promoting the Colonial Empire through French Interior DesignLaura Sextro, University of Dayton, USAChapter 4: Orientalism and David Hockney’s Male-positive Imaginative GeographiesDennis S. Gouws, Springfield College and the Australian Institute of Male Health and Studies, AustraliaChapter 5: The Excessive Trompe l’Oeil: The Saturated Interior in Tears of the Black TigerMark Taylor, University of Newcastle, Australia and Michael J. Ostwald, University of Newcastle, AustraliaSection II: Gendered and Sexual IdentitiesIntroduction to Section IIChapter 6: On Oriental Interiors in Eighteenth-century British Women Writers’ NovelsMarianna D’Ezio, Luspio University for International Studies of Rome, ItalyChapter 7: Bachelor Quarters: The Spaces of Japonisme in Nineteenth-century ParisChristopher Reed, Pennsylvania State University, USAChapter 8: Coming Out of the China Closet?: Performance, Identity and Sexuality in the House BeautifulAnne Anderson, Hon. Research Fellow Exeter University and Associate MIRC, Kingston University, UKChapter 9: Orientalism, Collecting and Shame: Inside Rolf de Maré’s Hildesborg EstateJohn Potvin, Concordia University, CanadaSection III: Spaces and Markets of ConsumptionIntroduction to Section IIIChapter 10: Paradise in the Parlour: Potted Palms in Western Interiors, 1850 – 1914Penny Sparke, Kingston University, UKChapter 11: Traveling in Time and Space: The Cinematic Landscape of the Empress TheatreCamille Bédard, McGill University, CanadaChapter 12: Oriental Spaces at Sea: From the Titanic to the Empress of BritainAnne Massey, Middlesex University, UKChapter 13: Posturing for Authenticity: Embodying Otherness in Contemporary Interiors of Modern YogaLauren Bird, Queen’s University, CanadaIndex

This is the first book to fully explore the formation and perception of Eastern-influenced interiors. Potvin (Concordia Univ., Montreal) divides the essays into three parts: "Modes of Display and Representation," "Gendered and Sexual Identities," and "Spaces and Markets of Consumption." Highlighting design influences such as spatial arrangement, visual culture, gender, and design theory, the 13 essays look at furnishings, ornaments, and other components as they assist to create Oriental interiors. Summing Up: Recommended. All readers.