History and criticism of applied and decorative arts from the Renaissance up to the first Industrial Revolution.
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Katrina Grant deposited Landscape and the Arts in Early Modern Italy Theatre, Gardens and Visual Culture in the group
Applied and decorative arts (1400-1700) on Humanities Commons 9 months, 2 weeks agoLandscape and the Arts in Early Modern Italy: Theatre, Gardens and Visual Culture argues that theatre, and the new genre of opera in particular, played a key role in creating a new vision of landscape during the long seventeenth century in Italy. It explores how the idea of gardens as theatres emerged at the same time as opera was developed in…[Read more]
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Flavia De Nicola started the topic CFPs in the discussion
Applied and decorative arts (1400-1700) on Humanities Commons 2 years, 7 months agoCFP: “Redefining the British Decorative ArtsCall for Papers”
Until 15 September 2020
The open access journal British Art Studies invites proposals for articles on the British decorative arts for its forthcoming September 2021 issue. What roles have objects, which have long been deemed as ‘superfluous’, played in shaping and negotiating our p…[Read more]
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Annika McQueen deposited What part did decorative plasterwork play in the transformation of the Great House before 1660? in the group
Applied and decorative arts (1400-1700) on Humanities Commons 2 years, 11 months agoThis essay argues that the changes that occurred in the form, function, material and internal decorative schemes of the Great House before 1660 was less of a transformation and more of a slow evolution. The popularity of plasterwork in the Great House from the Tudors to the Restoration, demonstrates its importance in the evolution of such…[Read more]
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Flavia De Nicola started the topic Academic journals in the discussion
Applied and decorative arts (1400-1700) on Humanities Commons 2 years, 12 months agoDear colleagues,
I would like to start a discussion on academic journals in the field of Applied art, decorative arts and furniture history. The goal is to share the best options regarding valued journals to read and also to submit articles. Eventual direct experiences are welcomed.
Thank you,
F.D.
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Flavia De Nicola uploaded the file: Mary L. Myers, Architectural and Ornament Drawings: Juvarra, Vanvitelli, the Bibiena Family, and Other Italian Draughtsmen (1975) to
Applied and decorative arts (1400-1700) on Humanities Commons 2 years, 12 months agoFrom about 1900 to 1960 American museums collected at the fastest rate and with the widest interests that the world has ever seen. This sweepstake ingurgitation has now pumped the sources dry and has sent prices skyrocketing for what remains, just at a time when American museum funds are falling behind the rate of general inflation. But the result…[Read more]
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Flavia De Nicola uploaded the file: Masterpieces of the J. Paul Getty Museum: Decorative Arts (1997) to
Applied and decorative arts (1400-1700) on Humanities Commons 2 years, 12 months agoThis beautifully illustrated work brings together more than one hundred objects from the J. Paul Getty Museum’s collection of European decorative arts. Included here is a generous selection of French and Italian furniture from the mid-sixteenth to the early nineteenth century. Masterpieces by André-Charles Boulle, Bernard (II) van Risenburgh, an…[Read more]
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Flavia De Nicola uploaded the file: Painted Wood: History and Conservation, edited by Valerie Dorge and F. Carey Howlett (1998) to
Applied and decorative arts (1400-1700) on Humanities Commons 2 years, 12 months agoThe function of the painted wooden object ranges from the practical to the profound. These objects may perform utilitarian tasks, convey artistic whimsy, connote noble aspirations, and embody the highest spiritual expressions. This volume, illustrated in color throughout, presents the proceedings of a conference organized by the Wooden Artifacts…[Read more]