How have interior spaces been affected by changing aesthetic philosophies and shifts in Western culture from antiquity to the present day? How have processes, materials and technologies evolved and shaped trends in interior fashion?
In a work that spans 4,500 years, these ambitious questions are addressed by 55 experts, each contributing their overview of a theme applied to a period in history. The volumes locate the interior within its evolving social, cultural and design contexts, taking into account global movements as well as changes in the private sphere to provide a thorough understanding its relationship with art and society.
Individual volume editors ensure the cohesion of the whole, and to make it as easy as possible to use, chapter titles are identical across each of the volumes. This gives the choice of reading about a specific period in one of the volumes, or following a theme across history by reading the relevant chapter in each of the six.
The six volumes cover: 1. – Antiquity (2,500 BCE - 1000 AD); 2. –Medieval Age (1000 - 1400); 3. – Renaissance (1400 - 1650) ; 4. – Age of Enlightenment (1650 - 1800); 5. – Age of Empire (1800 - 1920); 6. – Modern Age (1920 – 2000+).
Themes (and chapter titles) are: Expressions of Beauty; Technological Advancements; Designers, Professions, and Trades; Global Movements; Private Spaces; Public Spaces; Gender and Sexuality; The Interior in the Arts.
The page extent is approximately 1,800pp with c. 360 illustrations. Each volume opens with Notes on Contributors, a series preface and an introduction, and concludes with Notes, Bibliography and an Index.
The Cultural Histories Series
A Cultural History of Interiors is part of The Cultural Histories Series. Titles are available both as printed hardcover sets for libraries needing just one subject or preferring a one-off purchase and tangible reference for their shelves, or as part of a fully-searchable digital library available to institutions by annual subscription or on perpetual access (see www.bloomsburyculturalhistory.com).
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VOLUME 1
A Cultural History of Interiors in Antiquity
Edited by Craig I. Hardiman, The University of Waterloo, Canada and Lisa Trentin, The University of Toronto, Canada
1. Expressions of Beauty
2. Technological Advancements
3. Designers, Professions, and Trades
4. Global Movements
5. Private Spaces
6. Public Spaces
7. Gender and Sexuality
8. The Interior in the Arts
VOLUME 2
A Cultural History of Interiors in the Medieval Age
Edited by Mark Taylor, Swinburne University, Australia
1. Expressions of Beauty
2. Technological Advancements
3. Designers, Professions, and Trades
4. Global Movements
5. Private Spaces
6. Public Spaces
7. Gender and Sexuality
8. The Interior in the Arts
VOLUME 3
A Cultural History of Interiors in the Renaissance
Edited by Stephanie R. Miller, Coastal Carolina University, USA
1. Expressions of Beauty
2. Technological Advancements
3. Designers, Professions, and Trades
4. Global Movements
5. Private Spaces
6. Public Spaces
7. Gender and Sexuality
8. The Interior in the Arts
VOLUME 4
A Cultural History of Interiors in the Age of Enlightenment
Edited by Stacey Sloboda, University of Massachusetts Boston, USA
1. Expressions of Beauty
2. Technological Advancements
3. Designers, Professions, and Trades
4. Global Movements
5. Private Spaces
6. Public Spaces
7. Gender and Sexuality
8. The Interior in the Arts
VOLUME 5
A Cultural History of Interiors in the Age of Empire
Edited by Anne Anderson, Southampton Institute and Exeter University, UK
1. Expressions of Beauty
2. Technological Advancements
3. Designers, Professions, and Trades
4. Global Movements
5. Private Spaces
6. Public Spaces
7. Gender and Sexuality
8. The Interior in the Arts
VOLUME 6
A Cultural History of Interiors in the Modern Age
Edited by Nancy Blossom, Washington State University, USA
1. Expressions of Beauty
2. Technological Advancements
3. Designers, Professions, and Trades
4. Global Movements
5. Private Spaces
6. Public Spaces
7. Gender and Sexuality
8. The Interior in the Arts
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The first major survey of the interior as material, social and cultural artefact, covering a 4,500-year history of interiors and interior design.
55 experts, 48 chapters and c. 1,800 pages add greatly to our understanding of interiors and interior design in society from antiquity to the present day<b></b>
The Cultural Histories are multi-volume sets that survey the social and cultural construction of specific subjects across six historical periods, broadly:
- Antiquity
- The Medieval Age
- The Renaissance
- The Age of Enlightenment
- The Age of Empire
- The Modern Age
The subjects covered range from Animals to Dress and Fashion, from Sport to Furniture, from Money to Fairy Tales. Each volume discusses the same themes in its chapters so that readers may gain an understanding of a period by reading an entire volume, or follow a theme through history by reading the relevant chapter in each volume. Each six-volume set is illustrated.
Titles are available as printed sets for libraries needing just one subject or preferring a one-off purchase and tangible reference for their shelves, or as part of a fully searchable digital library available to institutions by annual subscription or perpetual access (see www.bloomsburyculturalhistory.com).
PRAISE FOR THE SERIES
A Cultural History of Dress and Fashion
“Intriguing, surprising, and thought-provoking essays covering many cultural layers of dress history.”
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A Cultural History of Fairy Tales
“A comprehensive treatise that belongs in every academic library concerned with a form of literature that has had broad appeal for centuries and continues to do so.”
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A Cultural History of Hair
“A thick, tangled and deliciously idiosyncratic history of hair.”
Times Literary Supplement
A Cultural History of Law
“These introductions should be of great use to scholars from across the periods.”
Law & Literature
A Cultural History of Peace
“The set is a good introduction to the study of peace and encourages looking at world history in a new way.”
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A Cultural History of Theatre
“All six volumes are aesthetically attractive, with well-chosen cover illustrations in color and numerous halftones throughout. Page layouts with wide margins, good paper, subtitles, generous bibliographies, notes, and index all add to the appeal.”
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A Cultural History of Tragedy
“A highly contemporary work, alert to politics, social theory and sexuality.”
London Review of Books
A Cultural History of Western Empires
“Students seeking a comparative, interdisciplinary, and compelling account of the spread of Western empires will find much of interest here.”
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A Cultural History of Work
“[Programs] such as economics, American and world history, women’s studies, and art history will benefit from the information herein.”
American Reference Books Annual
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9781350002883
Publisert
2025-03-20
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Bloomsbury Academic
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U, 05
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Engelsk
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