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001 2013019464
003 DLC
005 20140502082621.0
008 130515s2013 nyuab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2013019464
020 $a9780300196146 (hardback)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aNK600$b.H57 2013
082 00 $a745$223
084 $aDES003000$aART025000$aHIS037000$2bisacsh
245 00 $aHistory of design :$bdecorative arts and material culture, 1400-2000 /$cPat Kirkham, Susan Weber, editors, The Bard Graduate Center ; project editor, Heather Jane McCormick ; with contributions by John Robert Alderman [and 26 others].
264 1 $aNew York :$bBard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture ;$aNew Haven :$bYale University Press,$c[2013]
300 $axiii, 698 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c31 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
336 $astill image$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a" Spanning six centuries of global design, this far-reaching survey is the first to offer an account of the vast history of decorative arts and design produced in Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, the Indian subcontinent, and the Islamic world, from 1400 to the present. Meticulously documented and lavishly illustrated, the volume covers interiors, furniture, textiles and dress, glass, graphics, metalwork, ceramics, exhibitions, product design, landscape and garden design, and theater and film design. Divided into four chronological sections, each of which is subdivided geographically, the authors elucidate the evolution of style, form, materials, and techniques, and address vital issues such as gender, race, patronage, cultural appropriation, continuity versus innovation, and high versus low culture. Leading authorities in design history and decorative arts studies present hundreds of objects in their contemporary contexts, demonstrating the overwhelming extent to which the applied arts have enriched customs, ceremony, and daily life worldwide over the past six hundred years. This ambitious, landmark publication is essential reading, contributing a definitive classic to the existing scholarship on design, decorative arts, and material culture, while also introducing these subjects to new readers in a comprehensive, erudite book with widespread appeal"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 666-673) and index.
650 0 $aDecorative arts$xHistory.
650 7 $aDESIGN / Decorative Arts.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aART / Reference.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / World.$2bisacsh
700 1 $aKirkham, Pat,$eeditor of compilation.
700 1 $aWeber, Susan,$d1954-$eeditor of compilation.