From Still Life to the Screen - Print Culture, Display, Materiality of Image in Eighteenth Century

Explores print culture, display, and the materiality of the image in 18th century London.

A propos de l'auteur

Joseph Monteyne is associate professor in the history of art at the University of British Columbia.

Résumé

Explores the print culture of 18th-century London, focusing on the correspondences between images and consumer objects. In this text, the author considers such themes as the display of objects in still lifes and markets, the connoisseur's fetishistic gaze, and the fusion of body and ornament in satires of fashion.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Joseph Monteyne, Monteyne Joseph
• Edition: Yale University Press Ltd
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 15.08.2013
• EAN: 9780300196351
• ISBN: 978-0-300-19635-1
• Pages: 292
• Thème: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Art > Architecture d'intérieur, design; London, Greater London, ART / History / General, ART / European, ART / Prints, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, History of Art, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Prints & printmaking, History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800, C 1700 To C 1800, Prints and printmaking