Modern Period Room - The Construction of the Exhibited Interior 18701950

Zusatztext 'This book will be of particular interest to students of interior decorating and to architects who wish to study the interaction of furniture with the design of their buildings. However! it is easily readable! and can be recommended to persons who contemplate furnishing or refurnishing their homes.' - Architecture Science Review Informationen zum Autor Penny Sparke, Brenda Martin, Trevor Keeble Zusammenfassung In this volume leading scholars from a broad range of disciplines present illustrated essays towards a new take on the presentation of twentieth century show interiors. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contributors Biographies List of Figures Preface Introduction 1. The Modern Period Room – A Contradiction in Terms? 2. Interiors Without Walls: Choice in Context at MoDA 3. Stopping the Clock: The Preservation and Presentation of Linley Sambourne House, 18 Stafford Terrace 4. The Double Life: The Cultural Construction of the Exhibited Interior in Modern Japan 5. The Restoration of Modern Life: Interwar Houses on Show in the Netherlands 6. 'A Man's House is his Art': The Walker Art Center's Idea House Project and the Marketing of Domestic Design 1941-1947 7. Domesticity on Display: Modelling the Modern Home in Post-War Belgium (1945-1950) 8. Kettles Yard: Museum of Way of Life? 9. Two Viennese Refugees: Lucie Rie and her Apartment 10. The Preservation and Presentation of 2 Willow Road for the National Trust 11. Photographs of a Legacy: Dora Gordine and Dorich House Index Bibliography

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• Authors: Trevor Keeble, Trevor Sparke Keeble, KEEBLE TREVOR SPARKE PENNY MARTI, Penny (Kingston University Sparke, Penny Martin Sparke
• Assisted by: Trevor Keeble (Editor), Trevor (Kingston University Keeble (Editor), Keeble Trevor (Editor), Brenda Martin (Editor), Brenda (Kingston University Martin (Editor), Penny Sparke (Editor), Penny (Kingston University Sparke (Editor), Sparke Penny (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.05.2006
• EAN: 9780415374699
• ISBN: 978-0-415-37469-9
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Interior design, design; Professional interior design, ARCHITECTURE / General, History of Architecture, Architecture: interior design, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Civil engineering, surveying and building