Knowledge Commons | Applied and decorative arts (1400-1700) | Activity https://hcommons.org/groups/applied-and-decorative-arts-1400-1700/ Activity feed for the group, Applied and decorative arts (1400-1700). Sat, 04 Apr 2026 16:16:32 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 1fb789ff024ef75a37dbd46b35169728 Sarah Lowengard deposited The Materiality of Colour Concepts in the group Applied and decorative arts (1400-1700) https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1887033/ Fri, 24 May 2024 03:00:26 -0400 An introduction to some new ways to think about the constraints of production tools on the presentation of color theories and philosophies of color.

]]> 0 f05adfab8487022807ea828625bfce48 Flavia De Nicola started the topic Late Baroque interior decorations at Palazzo Barberini in Rome (1683-1710) in the discussion Applied and decorative arts (1400-1700) https://hcommons.org/groups/applied-and-decorative-arts-1400-1700/forum/topic/late-baroque-interior-decorations-at-palazzo-barberini-in-rome-1683-1710/ Mon, 11 Dec 2023 19:41:20 -0500 My latest article, focusing on late Baroque interior decorations at Palazzo Barberini, has been published in the most recent issue of "Studi di Storia dell'Arte" (34, 2023). Feel free to contact me for further info.

Abstract:

The study of Palazzo Barberini interiors during the golden age of the decorative arts in Rome between the Seventeenth-…[Read more]

]]> 680e1d56fd6d317e33dc6b819578e03b Sarah Lowengard deposited Ordering Colours in 18th and Early 19th Century Europe in the group Applied and decorative arts (1400-1700) https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1861720/ Sun, 15 Oct 2023 03:00:51 -0400 I co-edited this collection of essays about color order and color ordering systems based on a workshop held at TU-Berlin in 2020.
https://bit.ly/Ordering_Colours

]]> 0 bb85e6d30b8cea1810f71237f482887b Sarah Lowengard deposited Expanding on the (Already Global) History of Turkey Red in the group Applied and decorative arts (1400-1700) https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1857412/ Tue, 05 Sep 2023 07:33:10 -0400 This essay, which expands on my talk at the Colors and Cultures / Couleurs et Cultures conference in April 2021, charts the history and my plans for a broad exploration of Turkey red as both subject and as object in global history. In it, I move between the personal—the compulsions that led me to undertake this series of studies, and which c…[Read more]

]]> 0 f70df627e566875c844633b5eaa3e998 Flavia De Nicola replied to the topic Academic journals in the discussion Applied and decorative arts (1400-1700) https://hcommons.org/groups/applied-and-decorative-arts-1400-1700/forum/topic/academic-journals/?view=all#post-68525 Fri, 12 May 2023 10:08:56 -0400 OADI, Rivista dell'Osservatorio per le Arti Decorative in Italia: https://www.oadirivista.it/

 

]]> eec0baaa925ce1f6ac59be382b44d089 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) https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1783146/ Fri, 03 Jun 2022 02:23:39 -0400 Landscape 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]

]]> 0 c5dfc990bed73424f9440c329075c562 Flavia De Nicola started the topic CFPs in the discussion Applied and decorative arts (1400-1700) https://hcommons.org/groups/applied-and-decorative-arts-1400-1700/forum/topic/cfps/ Fri, 07 Aug 2020 06:06:07 -0400 CFP: "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]

]]> 722850874007f22eef35f483fbac7aad 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) https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1684452/ Fri, 17 Apr 2020 16:25:22 -0400 This 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]

]]> 0 63095ccb1b53557790a4c740a84e345d Flavia De Nicola started the topic Academic journals in the discussion Applied and decorative arts (1400-1700) https://hcommons.org/groups/applied-and-decorative-arts-1400-1700/forum/topic/academic-journals/ Sat, 21 Mar 2020 21:11:24 -0400 Dear 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.

]]> b1cdabbac9159ada291312221b80932b 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) https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1681629/ Sat, 21 Mar 2020 20:31:21 -0400 From 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]

]]> 0 97bf94de8fae511dbb8adadd9d751062 Flavia De Nicola uploaded the file: Masterpieces of the J. Paul Getty Museum: Decorative Arts (1997) to Applied and decorative arts (1400-1700) https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1681628/ Sat, 21 Mar 2020 20:28:22 -0400 This 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]

]]> 0 4faa1dad0e08ad0251c5db0ea9e97ab5 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) https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1681625/ Sat, 21 Mar 2020 20:22:30 -0400 The 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]

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