Imagined interiors
Subtitle: representing the domestic interior since the Renaissance
By: edited by Jeremy Aynsley and Charlotte Grant ; with assistance from Harriet McKay
Contributors: Aynsley, Jeremy; Grant, Charlotte; Arts & Humanities Research Council (Great Britain). Centre for the Study of the Domestic Interior
Publisher: V & A Pub.; Distributed in North America by Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9781851774920; 9781851774937
Subjects: Interior decoration -- History; Interior decoration in literature; Interior decoration in art; Television -- Stage-setting and scenery; Theaters -- Stage-setting and scenery
Description: 'Imagined Interiors' offers a study of the ideas that have shaped the domestic interior in the West over the last 500 years. Looking at an array of depictions of the home, this book deals with both public and private attitudes to the domestic interior, and features various things from grand decorative schemes to homely cottages.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 286-296) and index