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Title: Oriental interiors : design, identity, space / edited by John Potvin.
Author: Potvin, John, editor.
Potvin, John.

General Notes: Indhold: Representations (The empty core of Western aesthetics (versus the aesthetics of Eastern intimacy) : a reading of interior spaces and literary Impressionism in E.M. Forster's A Passage to India / Victor Vargas. The exhibitionary re-production of the "Islamic interior" / Solmaz Mohammadzadeh Kive. Orientalism and David Hockney's male-positive imaginative geographies / Dennis S. Gouws. The excessive trompe l'oeil : the saturated interior in Tears of the black tiger / Mark Taylor and Michael J. Ostwald). Gendered and sexual identities (Oriental interiors in eighteenth-century British women writers' novels / Marianna D'Ezio. Bachelor quarters : spaces of Japonisme in nineteenth-century Paris / Christopher Reed. Coming out of the China closet? : performance, identity and sexuality in the House beautiful / Anne Anderson. At the edge of propriety : Rolf de Marâe and Nils Dardel at the Hildesborg estate / John Potvin). Spaces and markets of consumption ("Heraldic fantasies in blue and red and silver" : orientalism, luxury and social corruption in the South Sea directorial houses / Eric Weichel. Promoting the colonial empire through French interior design / Laura Sextro. Paradise in the parlor : cozy corners and potted palms in Western interiors, 1880-1900 / Penny Sparke. Traveling in time and space : the cinematic landscape of the Empress Theatre / Camille Bâedard. "Flights of unpractical fancy" : oriental spaces at sea from the Titanic to the Empress of Britain / Anne Massey. Posturing for authenticity : embodying otherness in contemporary interiors of modern yoga / Lauren Bird), Indhold: Representations (The empty core of Western aesthetics (versus the aesthetics of Eastern intimacy) : a reading of interior spaces and literary Impressionism in E.M. Forster's A Passage to India / Victor Vargas. The exhibitionary re-production of the "Islamic interior" / Solmaz Mohammadzadeh Kive. Orientalism and David Hockney's male-positive imaginative geographies / Dennis S. Gouws. The excessive trompe l'oeil : the saturated interior in Tears of the black tiger / Mark Taylor and Michael J. Ostwald). Gendered and sexual identities (Oriental interiors in eighteenth-century British women writers' novels / Marianna D'Ezio. Bachelor quarters : spaces of Japonisme in nineteenth-century Paris / Christopher Reed. Coming out of the China closet? : performance, identity and sexuality in the House beautiful / Anne Anderson. At the edge of propriety : Rolf de Marâe and Nils Dardel at the Hildesborg estate / John Potvin). Spaces and markets of consumption ("Heraldic fantasies in blue and red and silver" : orientalism, luxury and social corruption in the South Sea directorial houses / Eric Weichel. Promoting the colonial empire through French interior design / Laura Sextro. Paradise in the parlor : cozy corners and potted palms in Western interiors, 1880-1900 / Penny Sparke. Traveling in time and space : the cinematic landscape of the Empress Theatre / Camille Bâedard. "Flights of unpractical fancy" : oriental spaces at sea from the Titanic to the Empress of Britain / Anne Massey. Posturing for authenticity : embodying otherness in contemporary interiors of modern yoga / Lauren Bird)
Publisher: Bloomsbury,
Publication Place: London :
ISBN: 9781472596642 (hardback)
9781472596635 (paperback)

Subject: Interior decoration -- Asian infleunces.
Interior decoration -- Psychological aspects.
Orientalism in art.
ARCHITECTURE / History / General.
ARCHITECTURE / Interior Design / General.
ARCHITECTURE / Criticism.
DESIGN / History & Criticism.

Contents: Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction: Inside Orientalism: Hybrid Spaces and Modern Interior Design -- John Potvin, Concordia University, Canada -- Section I: Modes of Display and Representation -- Introduction to Section I -- Chapter 1: The Emptiness of Western Aesthetics Versus the Aesthetics of Eastern Intimacy: A Reading of Interior Spaces and (Colonial) Literary Impressionism in E. M. Forster's A Passage to India -- Victor Vargas, Cogswell Polytechnic, USA -- Chapter 2: The Exhibitionary Re-production of 'Islamic' Architecture -- Solmaz Mohammadzadeh Kive, University of Colorado, USA -- Chapter 3: Promoting the Colonial Empire through French Interior Design -- Laura Sextro, University of Dayton, USA -- Chapter 4: Orientalism and David Hockney's Male-positive Imaginative Geographies -- Dennis S. Gouws, Springfield College and the Australian Institute of Male Health and Studies, Australia -- Chapter 5: The Excessive Trompe l'Oeil: The Saturated Interior in Tears of the Black Tiger -- Mark Taylor, University of Newcastle, Australia and Michael J. Ostwald, University of Newcastle, AustraliaSection II: Gendered and Sexual Identities -- Introduction to Section II -- Chapter 6: On Oriental Interiors in Eighteenth-century British Women Writers' Novels -- Marianna D'Ezio, Luspio University for International Studies of Rome, Italy -- Chapter 7: Bachelor Quarters: The Spaces of Japonisme in Nineteenth-century Paris -- Christopher Reed, Pennsylvania State University, USA -- Chapter 8: Coming Out of the China Closet?: Performance, Identity and Sexuality in the House Beautiful -- Anne Anderson, Hon. Research Fellow Exeter University and Associate MIRC, Kingston University, UK -- Chapter 9: Orientalism, Collecting and Shame: Inside Rolf de Marâe's Hildesborg Estate -- John Potvin, Concordia University, Canada -- Section III: Spaces and Markets of Consumption -- Introduction to Section III -- Chapter 10: Paradise in the Parlour: Potted Palms in Western Interiors, 1850 - 1914 -- Penny Sparke, Kingston University, UK -- Chapter 11: Traveling in Time and Space: The Cinematic Landscape of the Empress Theatre -- Camille Bâedard, McGill University, Canada -- Chapter 12: Oriental Spaces at Sea: From the Titanic to the Empress of Britain -- Anne Massey, Middlesex University, UK -- Chapter 13: Posturing for Authenticity: Embodying Otherness in Contemporary Interiors of Modern Yoga -- Lauren Bird, Queen's University, CanadaIndex.
Physical Description: xv, 274 pages : illustrations ;
Location/SubLocation: HU /HU_MAIN
Publication Date: 2015.

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