Pictorial embroidery in England : a critical history of needlepainting and Berlin Work /

"The little-known art of Berlin Work was once the most commonly practiced art form among European women. Pictorial Embroidery in England is the first academic study of both pictorial Berlin Work and its precursor, needlepainting, exploring their cultural status in the 18th and 19th centuries. F...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Desnoyers, Rosika (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2019.
Temas:
Canvas embroidery, Victorian > Great Britain > History.
Decorative arts > Great Britain > History.
Material culture > Social aspects.
Arts décoratifs > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Culture matérielle > Aspect social.
Textile design & theory.
Textile industries.
Needlework & fabric crafts.
Textile artworks.
DESIGN > Textile & Costume.
Decorative arts.
Canvas embroidery, Victorian.
Great Britain.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of Illustrations
  • Introduction The Invention of Needlepoint Berlin Work and the Question of Domestic Craft Outline of the Book
  • 1. Needlepainting in Great Britain Women Artists and Art Institutions in Eighteenth-Century England Mary Linwood and the Needlepainters Professionals and Amateurs
  • 2. Imitation and Innovation in the Late Eighteenth Century Between Art and Industry Science and the Tasteful Person
  • Copying and Luxury Goods
  • 3. Towards an Industrial Aesthetic Proximity of Artistic and Scientific Invention Guidebooks and the Making of the Modern Amateur
  • The Jacquard Loom and Its Curious Commemoration
  • 4. The Writing of Pictorial Berlin Work
  • Contemporary Embroidery Histories Nineteenth-Century Accounts: Berlin Work as Official Knowledge Twentieth-Century Accounts: Berlin Work as Submerged Knowledge
  • Conclusion
  • Notes Bibliography Index

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