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Interiors in the Age of Enlightenment: A Cultural History
Interiors in the Age of Enlightenment provides a comprehensive and interdisciplinary overview of the cultural history of interior design and interior spaces from 1700 to 1850.Considering the interior as material, social and cultural artefact, this volume moves beyond conventional descriptive accounts of changing styles and interior design fashions, to explore in depth the effect on the interior of the materials, processes, aesthetic philosophies and cultural attitudes of the age.From the Palace of Versailles to Virginia coffeehouses, and from Chinoiserie bathhouses to the trading exchanges of the West Indies, the chapters in this book examine a wide range of themes including technological advancements, public spaces, gender and sexuality, and global movements in interior designs and decorations. Drawing together contributions from leading scholars, this volume provides the most authoritative and comprehensive survey of the history of interiors and interior architecture in the long eighteenth century.
Interiors in the Era of Covid-19: Interior Design between the Public and Private Realms
The Covid-19 lockdowns caused people worldwide to be confined to their homes for longer and on a greater scale than ever before. This forced many unprecedented changes to the way we treat domestic space – as relationships shifted between the public and the private worlds, and homes were rapidly adapted to accommodate the additional roles of schools, offices, gyms, restaurants, making-spaces and more. Above all, our understanding of the home as a site to support and enhance the well-being of its inhabitants changed in a variety of novel ways. Interiors in the Era of Covid is a collection of essays which explore the complex ways in which our inside spaces (contemporary and historical) have responded to Covid-19 and other human crises. With case studies ranging from US and Europe to Japan, China, Colombia, and Bangladesh, this is a truly global work which examines wide-ranging subjects from home-working and home technologies, to the impact of lockdown on people's identities, gender roles in the home, and the realities of domestic living with Covid in refugee camps. Exploring the roles played by designers (both amateur and professional) in accommodating changing requirements and anticipating future ones – whether Covid or beyond – this book is a must-read for students and researchers in interior design, architecture, architectural and design history, and anyone interested in the home and the relationships between health and design.
Lit match and box of matches (Large Print)
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Lit match and box of matches (UEB Contracted)
This image shows a match that has been lit and a box with matches in it. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the correct way up. The lit match is at the top of the page. The box with matches is at the bottom of the page. The match heads are on the right in the box. Only the top of the matches can be found. Test your tactile skills: - Can you find the flame of the lit match - How many matches are there in the box?
Lit match and box of matches (UEB Uncontracted)
This image shows a match that has been lit and a box with matches in it. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the correct way up. The lit match is at the top of the page. The box with matches is at the bottom of the page. The match heads are on the right in the box. Only the top of the matches can be found. Test your tactile skills: - Can you find the flame of the lit match - How many matches are there in the box?
Log Cabin (Large Print)
This image shows a gable wall view of a cabin constructed from logs. There is a locator dot shown which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the right way up. The pointed roof fills the top half of the page. The rounded ends of the supporting logs are shown down from the two sloping surfaces of the roof. On the right side of the image there is a crooked chimney sticking out from the roof. Down from the roof is the wall of the cabin. Here the rounded ends of the logs making up the side walls are shown at the left and right edges of the image, and these interleave with the slightly irregular length logs making up the wall shown. In the centre of this wall is a wooden door with a large door knob and ledges above and below it. At each side of the door there is a window with wooden ledges to top and bottom.
Log Cabin (UEB Contracted)
This image shows a gable wall view of a cabin constructed from logs. There is a locator dot shown which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the right way up. The pointed roof fills the top half of the page. The rounded ends of the supporting logs are shown down from the two sloping surfaces of the roof. On the right side of the image there is a crooked chimney sticking out from the roof. Down from the roof is the wall of the cabin. Here the rounded ends of the logs making up the side walls are shown at the left and right edges of the image, and these interleave with the slightly irregular length logs making up the wall shown. In the centre of this wall is a wooden door with a large door knob and ledges above and below it. At each side of the door there is a window with wooden ledges to top and bottom.
Log Cabin (UEB uncontracted)
This image shows a gable wall view of a cabin constructed from logs. There is a locator dot shown which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the right way up. The pointed roof fills the top half of the page. The rounded ends of the supporting logs are shown down from the two sloping surfaces of the roof. On the right side of the image there is a crooked chimney sticking out from the roof. Down from the roof is the wall of the cabin. Here the rounded ends of the logs making up the side walls are shown at the left and right edges of the image, and these interleave with the slightly irregular length logs making up the wall shown. In the centre of this wall is a wooden door with a large door knob and ledges above and below it. At each side of the door there is a window with wooden ledges to top and bottom.
Male Lion (Large Print)
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Male Lion (UEB Contracted)
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Male Lion (UEB uncontracted)
Here is a picture of a lion with his body shown from the side. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the right way up. His head is at the left centre facing you, with two ears, two eyes, nose and mouth. The lion has a mane of thick long hair around his head. Lower down the page are the lion's two front legs, and to the right its back legs, all with long claws on the feet. At the right of the lion's body is its tail with a furry end.
Material Literacy in Eighteenth-Century Britain: A Nation of Makers (Material Culture of Art and Design)
The eighteenth century has been hailed for its revolution in consumer culture, but Material Literacy in Eighteenth-Century Britain repositions Britain as a nation of makers. It brings new attention to eighteenth-century craftswomen and men with its focus on the material knowledge possessed not only by professional artisans and amateur makers, but also by skilled consumers. This edited collection gathers together a group of interdisciplinary scholars working in the fields of art history, history, literature, and museum studies to unearth the tactile and tacit knowledge that underpinned fashion, tailoring, and textile production. It invites us into the workshops, drawing rooms, and backrooms of a broad range of creators, and uncovers how production and tacit knowledge extended beyond the factories and machines which dominate industrial histories. This book illuminates, for the first time, the material literacies learnt, enacted, and understood by British producers and consumers. The skills required for sewing, embroidering, and the textile arts were possessed by a large proportion of the British population: men, women and children, professional and amateur alike. Building on previous studies of shoppers and consumption in the period, as well as narratives of manufacture, these essays document the multiplicity of small producers behind Britain's consumer revolution, reshaping our understanding of the dynamics between making and objects, consumption and production. It demonstrates how material knowledge formed an essential part of daily life for eighteenth-century Britons. Craft technique, practice, and production, the contributors show, constituted forms of tactile languages that joined makers together, whether they produced objects for profit or pleasure.
Materials, Practices, and Politics of Shine in Modern Art and Popular Culture (Material Culture of Art and Design)
Shine allures and awakens desire. As a phenomenon of perception shiny things and materials fascinate and tantalize. They are a formative element of material culture, promising luxury, social distinction and the hope of limitless experience and excess. Since the early twentieth century the mass production, dissemination and popularization of synthetic materials that produce heretofore-unknown effects of shine have increased. At the same time, shine is subjectified as “glamor” and made into a token of performative self-empowerment. The volume illuminates genealogical as well as systematic relationships between material phenomena of shine and cultural-philosophical concepts of appearance, illusion, distraction and glare in bringing together renowned scholars from various disciplines.
Mosque: Approaches to Art and Architecture
Mosque examines the history, culture, evolution and functions of the Muslim house of worship through the prism of its artistic objects and architectural elements. Contributors present a range of elements, from dome to mihrab, to mosque furniture including lamps, prayer rugs and Qur’an stands. In addition, the book draws attention to the importance of mosque heritage through special projects and initiatives that study, preserve and revitalize the traditional arts of the mosque. This unique book brings together prominent architects, art historians, artists, historians and curators to explore innovative approaches towards the study of mosques through the presentation of original research and insights about mosque-related cultural objects. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the art and culture of the Muslim world.
Mushroom (Large Print)
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Mushroom (UEB Contracted)
This is an image of an open-cap mushroom in the middle of the page. The mushroom is the fruiting body of a type of fungus. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the correct way up. The mushrooms cap is at the top of the image. It is a warm grey in colour. Down the page from the cap, are the mushrooms gills (lamellae), they are represented as lines radiating from the top of the stem (stipe), which is further down the page. The dark brown lamellae produce spores that will grow into new fungi. The stipe extends down the page and at its bottom it would connect to a network of fine root-like hairs through which the organism absorbs its nutrition. These hairs have not been shown on the diagram.
Mushroom (UEB Uncontracted)
This is an image of an open-cap mushroom in the middle of the page. The mushroom is the fruiting body of a type of fungus. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the correct way up. The mushrooms cap is at the top of the image. It is a warm grey in colour. Down the page from the cap, are the mushrooms gills (lamellae), they are represented as lines radiating from the top of the stem (stipe), which is further down the page. The dark brown lamellae produce spores that will grow into new fungi. The stipe extends down the page and at its bottom it would connect to a network of fine root-like hairs through which the organism absorbs its nutrition. These hairs have not been shown on the diagram.
Nineteenth-Century Interiors: Volume I: Theories and Discourses Around the Home
This volume of primary source materials documents the nature of the home and the theories and discussions around the concept. It examines the class divisions that become evident with the ostentatious lifestyles of political and society hostesses at the peak, whilst middle-class housing often in suburbia, seemed to have created a separation of home and work, arguably suggesting men and women lived in separate spheres. Working-class interiors, often seen the eyes of middle-class observers, were at the bottom of the hierarchy and often reflected concerns of social inequality and misery. The documents also address the process of purchasing and decorating a home, advice on decoration and home management, the nature of taste and comfort, and the symbolic roles of the home as an anchor in society. Accompanied by extensive editorial commentary, this collection will be of great interest to students and scholars of art history.
Nineteenth-Century Interiors: Volume II: Styles of Decoration and Design
This volume of primary source materials documents the nineteenth-century search for a representative style, and the alternating fashions for interiors that demonstrated the consumerism of the period. Although in some senses every interior is unique so that a style canon may seem to be meaningless, there have been important historical trends or styles that have influenced individual interiors, and these have formed the groundwork from which other styles and tastes have developed and changed. Accompanied by extensive editorial commentary, this collection will be of great interest to students and scholars of art history.
Nineteenth-Century Interiors: Volume III: Domestic Interior Spaces
This volume of primary source materials documents the spatial layouts of the nineteenth century home as they often became more precisely planned with rooms for specific purposes being developed. The styles began to truly reflect the owner’s taste and position. The range is of course vast from single room dwellings to large-scale mansions and numerous variations in-between. Accompanied by extensive editorial commentary, this collection will be of great interest to students and scholars of art history.
Nineteenth-Century Interiors: Volume IV: Products and Processes
This volume of primary source materials documents the essential practical aspects of making a home, decorating it and then furnishing it. The crucial constitutive parts that make up an interior from floor to ceiling are considered here in detail. The role of advice books and articles that attempted to direct homemakers in particular directions are examined, as are the more practical how-to publications that demonstrated the processes of interior decoration. Accompanied by extensive editorial commentary, this collection will be of great interest to students and scholars of art history.
Öffentliche Kunst, Kunst im öffentlichen Raum Niederösterreich, Band 8: / Public Art Lower Austria, Volume 8 (Veröffentlichte Kunst. Kunst im öffentlichen Raum Niederösterreich Public Art Lower Austria #8)
Kunst im öffentlichen Raum in Niederösterreich ist ein einzigartiges Modell, das international höchste Anerkennung findet. Die im ländlichen und kleinstädtischen Raum entstandenen Projekte bedeutender, aber auch junger unbekannter KünstlerInnen setzen sich mit der Landschaft, der Kulturgeschichte und der Architektur auseinander oder entstanden auf der Basis von sozialer und wissenschaftlicher Recherche. Der vorliegende Band dokumentiert die Projekte der Jahre 2004 – 2006. Neben der Projektdokumentation äußern sich Experten unterschiedlichster Bereiche in einer kunstwissenschaftlichen und theoretischen Diskussion zur "Gestaltung von Kreisverkehren", ein Thema brisanter Aktualität in der Gestaltung von Landschaft und Umgebung.
Olympic Cities: City Agendas, Planning, and the World’s Games, 1896 – 2032 (ISSN)
The first edition of Olympic Cities, published in 2007, provided a pioneering overview of the changing relationship between cities and the modern Olympic Games. This substantially revised and much enlarged fourth edition builds on the success of its predecessors. The first of its three parts provides overviews of the urban legacy of the four component Olympic festivals: the Summer Games; Winter Games; Cultural Olympiads; and the Paralympics. The second part comprises systematic surveys of six key aspects of activity involved in staging the Olympics and Paralympics: finance; sustainability; the creation of Olympic Villages; security; urban regeneration; and tourism. The final part consists of ten chronologically arranged portraits of host cities from 1960 to 2032, with complete coverage of the Summer Games of the twenty-first century.As controversy over the growing size and expense of the Olympics, with associated issues of democratic accountability and legacy, continues unabated, this book’s incisive and timely assessment of the Games’ development and the complex agendas that host cities attach to the event will be essential reading for a wide audience. This will include not just urban and sports historians, urban geographers, event managers, and city planners, but also anyone with an interest in the staging of mega-events and concerned with building a better understanding of the relationship between cities, sport, and culture.
Planning, Sustainable Urbanisation and the Commonwealth: The Commonwealth Association of Planners, Past, Present and Future
By 2050, an additional 2.5 billion people will be living in the world’s towns and cities, almost 50% of them in the 56 Commonwealth countries. To a significant extent, the future of the planet hangs on how cities and human settlements are managed. It is in our cities that the emissions creating climate catastrophe are stoked and where change can – and must – make a difference at scale. Food security, water, basic services, migration, shelter, jobs, environment: sustainable urbanisation is about changing direction to strive for a fairer and less environmentally damaging future. This well-illustrated book by authors from around the Commonwealth tells how the Commonwealth Association of Planners across five decades has campaigned to make a difference. It also looks ahead, scoping the urgent, practical action that is now required.