Transformative Jars

• Hardcover | Engels | Material Culture of Art and Design
• The term 'jar' refers to any man-made shape with the capacity to enclose something. Few objects are as universal and multi-functional as a jar - regar... Lees meer

Jewellery in the Age of Modernism 1918-1940

Simon Bliss

• Hardcover | Engels | Material Culture of Art and Design
• Why has jewellery and body adornment often been marginalized in studies of modernist art and design? This study explores the relationship between jewe... Lees meer

Domestic Space in Britain, 1750-1840

Freya Gowrley

• Hardcover | Engels | Material Culture of Art and Design
• Between 1750 and 1840, the home took on unprecedented social and emotional significance. Focusing on the design, decoration, and reception of a range ... Lees meer

Childhood by Design

• Paperback | Engels | Material Culture of Art and Design
• Informed by the analytical practices of the interdisciplinary 'material turn' and social historical studies of childhood, Childhood By Design: Toys an... Lees meer

Domestic Space in France and Belgium

Claire Moran

• Hardcover | Engels | Material Culture of Art and Design
• Domestic Space in France and Belgium offers a new addition to the growing body of work in Interior Studies. Focused on late 19th and early 20th-centur... Lees meer

Materials, Practices, and Politics of Shine in Modern Art and Popular Culture

• Paperback | Engels | Material Culture of Art and Design
• Shine allures and awakens desire. As a phenomenon of perception shiny things and materials fascinate and tantalize. They are a formative element of ma... Lees meer

Material Literacy in 18th-Century Britain

• Paperback | Engels | Material Culture of Art and Design
• The 18th century has been hailed for its revolution in consumer culture, but Material Literacy in Eighteenth-Century Britain repositions Britain as a ... Lees meer

British Women and Cultural Practices of Empire, 1770-1940

• Hardcover | Engels | Material Culture of Art and Design
• Correspondence, travel writing, diary writing, painting, scrapbooking, curating, collecting and house interiors allowed British women scope to express... Lees meer

Transformative Jars

• Paperback | Engels | Material Culture of Art and Design
• The term 'jar' refers to any man-made shape with the capacity to enclose something. Few objects are as universal and multi-functional as a jar - regar... Lees meer

Georges Rouault and Material Imagining

Jennifer Johnson

• Hardcover | Engels | Material Culture of Art and Design
• This book considers questions of materiality and painting, focalized through the notoriously obscure work of Georges Rouault, and offers an innovative... Lees meer

Childhood by Design

• Hardcover | Engels | Material Culture of Art and Design
• Informed by the analytical practices of the interdisciplinary 'material turn' and social historical studies of childhood, Childhood By Design: Toys an... Lees meer

Intimate Interiors

• Hardcover | Engels | Material Culture of Art and Design
• A desire for intimacy in domestic spaces - motivated by a growing sense of individualistic expression, an incentive to conceal the labor or enslavemen... Lees meer

Materials, Practices, and Politics of Shine in Modern Art and Popular Culture

• Hardcover | Engels | Material Culture of Art and Design
• Shine allures and awakens desire. As a phenomenon of perception shiny things and materials fascinate and tantalize. They are a formative element of ma... Lees meer

The Material Landscapes of Scotland's Jewellery Craft, 1780-1914

Sarah Laurenson

• Hardcover | Engels | Material Culture of Art and Design
• During the long 19th century, Scotland was home to an established body of skilled jewellers who were able to access a range of materials from the coun... Lees meer

Enlightened Animals in Eighteenth-Century Art

Sarah R Cohen

• Paperback | Engels | Material Culture of Art and Design
• How do our senses help us to understand the world? This question, which preoccupied Enlightenment thinkers in Western Europe, also emerged as a key th... Lees meer

The Art of Mary Linwood

Heidi A Strobel

• Hardcover | Engels | Material Culture of Art and Design
• The Art of Mary Linwood is the first book on Leicester textile artist Mary Linwood (1755-1845) and catalogue of her work. When British textile artist ... Lees meer

Ceramics in the Victorian Era

Rachel Gotlieb

• Hardcover | Engels | Material Culture of Art and Design
• This book broadens the discussion of pottery and china in the Victorian era by situating them in the national, imperial, design reform, and domestic d... Lees meer