Daily life in art:

"In Daily Life in Art Beatrice Fontanel examines nearly one hundred European and American paintings not only as art objects, but as cultural artifacts that document the evolution of domestic life and manners from the Middle Ages to the present day." "Through these paintings - vividly...

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1. Verfasser: Fontanel, Béatrice 1957- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Abrams 2006
Schlagworte:
Zusammenfassung:"In Daily Life in Art Beatrice Fontanel examines nearly one hundred European and American paintings not only as art objects, but as cultural artifacts that document the evolution of domestic life and manners from the Middle Ages to the present day." "Through these paintings - vividly reproduced in large format - the author traces the technical innovations that harnessed heat, light, and water to transform our homes and our habits. She explores the growing freedom brought by each step away from the flickering fire and the cumbersome chamberpot toward the warmth of central heating, the steady blaze of electric light, and the convenience of indoor plumbing."--Jacket
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. 198)
Middle ages -- In the ladies chamber -- Renaissance -- Drama of the fireplace -- Seventeenth century -- Holland invents the well-ordered household -- Age of enlightenment -- Servant girl enters the scene -- Nineteenth century -- Triumph of the bourgeois apartment -- Twentieth century -- Decline of the linen closet and the birth of comfort
Beschreibung:199 p. col. ill. 30 cm
ISBN:0810955377

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