The Third Realm of Luxury - Connecting Real Places and Imaginary Spaces

Zusatztext Nowadays, luxury plays a relevant role in shaping urban identities, linking international trends and local contexts. The book explores the influence of luxury on the perception of a set of spaces, on the behaviors of their inhabitants and on the transformation of several cities. Informationen zum Autor Joanne Roberts is Professor of Arts and Cultural Management at Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton, UK. John Armitage is Professor of Media Arts at Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton, UK. Klappentext In a world that is obsessed with luxury, critical luxury studies is a rapidly emerging field. This is the first book to explore the interplay between the real and imaginary realms of luxury, considering the most significant developments in the theories and practices of luxurious places and spaces over the last fifty years.Providing a critical approach to contemporary interpretations of luxury, the book interrogates the distinction between real places and imaginary spaces. Bringing together an interdisciplinary group of leading scholars, it features a range of case studies which take the reader from the Rolls-Royce Ghost Black Badge to expressions of sensuality in the 1970s domestic interior, and global conceptions of fine wine and art. The Third Realm of Luxury considers the interplay between luxury and space in both the past and the present, examining the abstract conception of excess and exoticism, as well as the real locations of the home, hotel, apartment, and palace. Full of original research, it is a key contribution to the study of consumption, design, fashion, and architecture. Vorwort The book explores the interplay between real and imaginary luxurious spaces and places of luxury, introducing the concept of a 'third realm of luxury'. Zusammenfassung In a world that is obsessed with luxury, critical luxury studies is a rapidly emerging field. This is the first book to explore the interplay between the real and imaginary realms of luxury, considering the most significant developments in the theories and practices of luxurious places and spaces over the last fifty years.Providing a critical approach to contemporary interpretations of luxury, the book interrogates the distinction between real places and imaginary spaces. Bringing together an interdisciplinary group of leading scholars, it features a range of case studies which take the reader from the Rolls-Royce Ghost Black Badge to expressions of sensuality in the 1970s domestic interior, and global conceptions of fine wine and art. The Third Realm of Luxury considers the interplay between luxury and space in both the past and the present, examining the abstract conception of excess and exoticism, as well as the real locations of the home, hotel, apartment, and palace. Full of original research, it is a key contribution to the study of consumption, design, fashion, and architecture. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of IllustrationsList of TablesAcknowledgmentsNotes on Contributors1 The third realm of luxury: Conceptualizing the connections between real places and imaginary spaces Joanne Roberts and John Armitage 2 Being luxurious: On the Rolls-Royce Ghost Black Badge and beyond John Armitage 3 The architecture of authoritarian luxury Mark Featherstone 4 Inhabiting luxury spaces Verena Andermatt Conley 5 A touch of the exotic: Sensuality as luxury in the 1970s' domestic interior Jo Turney 6 The emptying of the interior: Luxury, space, and the hotel effect in contemporary life Peter McNeil 7 "The Collective": Luxury in lounge space Samuel Austin and Adam Sharr 8 "The third realm of luxury" as I experienced it in the legacies of Getty and the Rockefellers: Elite enclosure, "as far as the eye can see . . ." George E. Marcus 9 Secret spaces of luxury: Ignorance, free ports, and art Joanne Roberts 10 Of space and t...

Product details

• Authors: John Armitage, Joanne Roberts
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2019
• EAN: 9781350062771
• ISBN: 978-1-350-06277-1
• No. of pages: 224