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A Cultural History of Furniture (Mixed media product)
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A Cultural History of Furniture (Mixed media product)
Series: The Cultural Histories Series
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Furniture is an artifact so what can it tell us about culture? What
social, religious, political and economic factors have shaped its
form and functions? How does furniture demonstrate the
transformations in private and public life across time and
cultures? In a work that spans 4,500 years, 70 experts chart across
six volumes the changing cultural framework within which furniture
was designed, produced, and used in Western Europe. Individual
volume editors ensure the cohesion of the whole and, to make it as
easy as possible to use, chapter titles are identical across each
of the volumes. This gives the choice of reading about a specific
period in one of the volumes, or following a theme across history
by reading the relevant chapter in each of the six. The six volumes
cover: 1 - Antiquity (2500 BCE - 500 CE); 2 - Middle Ages and
Renaissance (500 - 1500); 3 - Age of Exploration (1500 - 1700); 4 -
Age of Enlightenment (1700 - 1800); 5 - Age of Empire and Industry
(1800 - 1900); 6 - Modern Age (1900 - present). Themes (and chapter
titles) are: Design and Motifs; Makers, Making, and Materials;
Types and Uses; The Domestic Setting; The Public Setting;
Exhibition and Display; Furniture and Architecture; Visual
Representations; and Verbal Representations. The total extent of
the pack is approximately 1,824 pages. Each volume opens with a
Series Preface, an Introduction, and Notes on Contributors and
concludes with Notes, Bibliography, and an Index. The Cultural
Histories Series A Cultural History of Furniture is part of the
Cultural Histories Series. Titles are available both as printed
hardcover sets for libraries needing just one subject or preferring
a one-off purchase and tangible reference for their shelves, or as
part of a fully searchable digital library available to
institutions by annual subscription or on perpetual access (see
www.bloomsburyculturalhistory.com).
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