Rare Treatise on Interior Decoration and Architecture Joseph - Friedrich Zu Racknitz s Presentation and History of the Taste of the

This volume translates and examines a rare conspectus of architectural and decorative taste published at the very end of the eighteenth century and also includes reproductions of the original color plates. This is an essential volume for studying eighteenth- and nineteenth-century architecture, decorative arts, and garden design.

About the author

Simon Swynfen Jervis has worked extensively as a curator, writer, and scholar of decorative arts. He has authored dozens of books, articles, guidebooks, and exhibition catalogues and organized exhibitions at British, European, and American institutions.

Summary

This volume translates and examines a rare conspectus of architectural and decorative taste published at the very end of the eighteenth century.

Product details

• Authors: Joseph Friedrich Von, Joseph Swynfen Jervis Friedrich Von, Joseph Friedrich Zu, Joseph Swynfen Jervis Friedrich Zu, Joseph Friedrich von Racknitz, Simon Swynfen Jervis, Joseph Friedrich Zu Racknitz
• Assisted by: Simon Swynfen Jervis (Editor), Simon Swynfen Jervis (Editor), Simon Swynfen Jervis (Translation)
• Publisher: Getty, j.paul, museum publ.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781606066249
• ISBN: 978-1-60606-624-9
• No. of pages: 368
• Series: BIBLIOTHECA PAEDIATRICA REF KARGER; Getty Publications - (Yale)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Interior design, design; Kunstgeschichte, Barock, 17. Jahrhundert (1600 bis 1699 n. Chr.), 18. Jahrhundert (1700 bis 1799 n. Chr.)