Creating the Artful Home: the Aesthetic Movement and Its Influence on Home Decor covers the history of a movement that emphasized "art for art's sake"-and the influence it had on home decor. The Aesthetic Movement in America lasted just a few decades (1870-1900), and served mainly as a bridge between the high Victorian sensibility and the radical shift to the Arts & Crafts style. The movement germinated among artists who used opulent color, decorative patterning, and lavish materials simply for the aesthetic effects they ...
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Creating the Artful Home: the Aesthetic Movement and Its Influence on Home Decor covers the history of a movement that emphasized "art for art's sake"-and the influence it had on home decor. The Aesthetic Movement in America lasted just a few decades (1870-1900), and served mainly as a bridge between the high Victorian sensibility and the radical shift to the Arts & Crafts style. The movement germinated among artists who used opulent color, decorative patterning, and lavish materials simply for the aesthetic effects they could evoke. It was commonly held that a home that expressed an artful, harmonious soul would instill high aesthetic and moral merit in its inhabitants. The Aesthetic Movement in America helped to popularize the idea that everyone should be able to enjoy beautiful, well-made homes and furnishings-not just the very wealthy. Artful homes could be composed from brilliant antique store finds, discriminating department store purchases, and gems hand-made by the ladies of the house. It was the moment when people embraced the idea that only a beautiful home could be a happy home. Karen Zukowski delves into the movement's establishment, evolution, and main characters, and shows how today's homes can incorporate Aesthetic principles: Through suggestion rather than statement, sensuality, massive use of symbols, and synaesthetic effects-that is, correspondence between words, colors and music. How influential designers such as Clarence Cook and Charles Eastlake popularized the idea that beautiful homes with tasteful furnishings could be available to practically everyone How today's designers, manufacturers, and retailers deploy the very same stylistic markers of the Aesthetic Movement: rich color, layered pattern and texture, mixtures of historical motifs
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 1100grams, ISBN: 1586857665.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 81/2x10 1/2. Signed by Author 176 page hardcover with illustrations (many in color and b/w). Dut jacket is bright, complete and clean. Pattened cloth exterior with title in bronze on front cover and spine. Interior is unmarked, tight and clean. Bibliography at rear.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. No Dust Jacket With remainder mark. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
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Fine in Fine jacket. 4to-over 9æ"-12" tall. Hardcover, large quarto bound in patterned boards and original non price-clipped dust-jacket. 176 pages, Bibliography, Index. Profusely illustrated throughout with color photographs. First edition, first printing with full number line. A study of late nineteenth century design and aesthetic concepts which originated in England and eventually transferred, along with industrialization and a more affluent middle class, to America, and how these ideas and economic forces shaped the 'idea' of domestic life. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy, as new. Fine in a fine dust-jacket. Priority orders may require additional postage.
