Objects, Audiences, and Literatures : Alternative Narratives in the History of Design
ISBN: 9781443809467
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / Cambridge Scholars Publishing
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Subjects: Fine Arts;

In Objects, Audiences, and Literatures: Alternative Narratives in the History of Design, five art historians tap a variety of unexpected literary sources to reveal the dynamic relationship between intention and reception in architecture, interior design, costume, and the decorative arts. The essays consider both handcrafted and serially produced objects from the eighteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries, including a japanned high chest from colonial Boston, German and Austrian Artistic Dress, ..


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