Maps

Kirkham, Pat; Weber, Susan

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Maps

Pat Kirkham (Editor), Susan Weber (Editor)

History of Design: Decorative Arts and Material Culture 1400–2000

Maps

Author

Pat Kirkham (Editor), Susan Weber (Editor)

PublisherBard Graduate Center

PublisherYale University Press

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-20647

Maps

East Asia c. 1400–2000

India c. 1400–2000

Islamic Lands c. 1400–2000

Europe c. 1400–2000

Africa c. 1400–2000

The Americas c. 1400–2000

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BOOKHistory of Design: Decorative Arts and Material Culture 1400–2000

Pat Kirkham (Editor), Susan Weber (Editor)

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00219

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-20612

Spanning six centuries of global design, this far-reaching survey is the first to offer an account of the vast history of decorative arts and design produced in Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, the Indian subcontinent, and the Islamic world, from 1400 to the present. Meticulously documented and illustrated, the volume covers interiors, furniture, textiles and dress, glass, graphics, metalwork, ceramics, exhibitions, product design, landscape and garden design, and theater and film design. Divided into four chronological sections, each of which is subdivided geographically, the authors elucidate the evolution of style, form, materials, and techniques, and address vital issues such as gender, race, patronage, cultural appropriation, continuity versus innovation, and high versus low culture.

Leading authorities in design history and decorative arts studies present hundreds of objects in their contemporary contexts, demonstrating the overwhelming extent to which the applied arts have enriched customs, ceremony, and daily life worldwide over the past six hundred years. This ambitious, landmark publication is essential reading, contributing a definitive classic to the existing scholarship on design, decorative arts, and material culture, while also introducing these subjects to new readers in a comprehensive, erudite book with widespread appeal.

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Author

Pat Kirkham (Editor), Susan Weber (Editor)

PublisherBard Graduate Center

Yale University Press

Print publication date December 2013 (in print)

Print ISBN 9780300196146

EISBN 9780300255973

Illustrations 817

Print Status in print

Publisher (in print)

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