Author |
: Leora Auslander |
Publisher |
: Univ of California Press |
Total Pages |
: 512 |
Release |
: 2023-04-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780520920941 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0520920945 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (41 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Taste and Power by : Leora Auslander
Download or read book Taste and Power written by Leora Auslander and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-04-28 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Louis XIV, regency, rococo, neoclassical, empire, art nouveau, and historicist pastiche: furniture styles march across French history as regimes rise and fall. In this extraordinary social history, Leora Auslander explores the changing meaning of furniture from the mid-seventeenth to the early twentieth century, revealing how the aesthetics of everyday life were as integral to political events as to economic and social transformations. Enriched by Auslander's experience as a cabinetmaker, this work demonstrates how furniture served to represent and even generate its makers' and consumers' identities.