Textiles, Fashion, and Design Reform in Austria-Hungary Before the First World War - Principles of Dress (Hardcover, New Ed)

Filling a critical gap in Vienna 1900 studies, this book offers a new reading of fin-de-siecle culture in the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy by looking at the unusual and widespread preoccupation with embroidery, fabrics, clothing, and fashion - both literally and metaphorically. The author resurrects lesser known critics, practitioners, and curators from obscurity, while also discussing the textile interests of better known figures, notably Gottfried Semper and Alois Riegl. Spanning the 50-year life of the Dual Monarchy, this study uncovers new territory in the history of art history, insists on the crucial place of women within modernism, and broadens the cultural history of Habsburg Central Europe by revealing the complex relationships among art history, women, and Austria-Hungary. Rebecca Houze surveys a wide range of materials, from craft and folk art to industrial design, and includes overlooked sources-from fashion magazines to World's Fair maps, from exhibition catalogues to museum lectures, from feminist journals to ethnographic collections. Restoring women to their place at the intersection of intellectual and artistic debates of the time, this book weaves together discourses of the academic, scientific, and commercial design communities with middle-class life as expressed through popular culture.

General

Imprint:	Ashgate Publishing Limited
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	The Histories of Material Culture and Collecting, 1700-1950
Release date:	2015
Authors:	Rebecca Houze
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 35mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	470
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-1-4094-3668-3
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > The arts: general issues > Theory of art Books > Arts & Architecture > Industrial / commercial art & design > General Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Regional geography Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 1800 to 1900 > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Area / regional studies > General
LSN:	1-4094-3668-3
Barcode:	9781409436683

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