| Description |
ix, 342 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: The Anatomy of a Noble House -- Pt. I. Spaces of Production. 1. The Production of Materials. 2. The Organisation of Practice. 3. The Co-ordination of Work -- Pt. II. Theatres of Distinction. 4. The Languages of Estates and the Logic of Decoration. 5. A World of Distinctions -- Pt. III. Fields of Contest. 6. 'The Nursery of Kings': Versailles and its Satellites. 7. Earthly Paradise on the Left Bank. 8. Paris - Versailles: The Eclipse of the Heroic Decorative Mode. 9. Counterfeit Culture on the Right Bank. 10. The Rococo Exposed |
| Summary |
This handsome book offers a comprehensive and stimulating account of the forms and functions of interior decoration in Parisian domestic architecture during the first half of the eighteenth century - the period generally known as the rococo. It charts the rapid and sometimes dramatic changes in both the style and the imagery of the art of that time, and explores in illuminating detail the relationship between social status and the consumption and display of decoration in public and private interiors |
| Analysis |
Paris (France) |
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Residences Interiors Decoration History |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-329) and index |
| Subject |
Art, Rococo.
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Decoration and ornament, Rococo -- France -- Paris.
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Interior decoration -- France -- Paris -- History -- 18th century.
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| LC no. |
95011085 |
| ISBN |
0300045824 |
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