An Illustrated History of Interior Decoration: From Pompeii to Art NouveauThe appeal of this extraordinary book lies in its rapt obsession with the details of the domestic interior, borne out in a wonderfully rich collection of pictures. These charming paintings and watercolors, mostly dating from 1770 to 1860 and coming from all over Europe, Russia, and America, record with faithful accuracy the shape of a room, the pattern of a carpet, the furniture, pictures, fabrics, and wall coverings, the hang of the curtains and the fall of the light they admit. The pictures find their place in a complete survey of domestic—and some more palatial—interiors portrayed in art from the ancient world to the late nineteenth century, and including works by Vermeer, Hogarth, Durer, Degas, and Vuillard. The text goes beyond scholarly commentary to present an evolving picture of men and women in relation to domestic surroundings, full of human interest, wit, and wide-ranging cultural references. |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 13 |
TABLE OF CONTENTS | 46 |
Notes to the Introduction | 68 |
Copyright | |
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19th century AGOSTINO CHIGI AGOSTINO CHIGI COLLECTION apartment architecture armchairs Art Nouveau artist background bedroom Biedermeier bourgeois Brighton Pavilion busts cabinet castle ceiling chairs chandelier CHARLOTTENBURG PALACE Château Château de Ferrières Chinese classical color columns corner covered cupboard curtains decoration depicted divan DON AGOSTINO CHIGI door Drawing Room dress Duchesse Dutch elegant Empire style Empress engraving Family famous fashion figures fireplace Florence flowers French Friedrich Friedrich Wilhelm III furnishing gallery Garnerey gilded Gothic hanging inspired interior kind knick-knacks lady lamp legs Living Room Louis XVI MARIO PRAZ MARIO PRAZ COLLECTION miniature mirror motifs MUSEUM Naples Napoleon Neo-Rococo Neoclassic objects ornaments painter painting Palazzo panels Paris Percier and Fontaine period pieces of furniture pilasters portrait POTSDAM Prince Princess Queen Rococo ROME Room at Pavlino Royal Saint SANSSOUCI scene Schinkel seen sofa Study taste vases Vienna villa walls watercolor Wilhelm window