Luxury in Europe 1600–1815
Negotiating Narratives 2010–15
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13014156 |
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| Authors | Lesley Ellis Miller (Victoria and Albert Museum, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 2-3 |
| Pages | 115-141 |
| Publication date | 2017-09-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Luxury (BOOK_SERIES) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2051-1817 • E-ISSN: 2051-1825 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/20511817.2017.1352221 |
| OpenAlex | W2769992508 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 12 |
In December 2015 the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) opened galleries devoted to the art and design of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century continental Europe. The gallery narrative relays three key messages about the period: that, for the first time ever, in their art and design Europeans systematically explored, exploited and collected resources from Africa, Asia and the Americas; second, that France took over from Italy as the undisputed leader of fashionable art and design in Europe and finally, that ways of living came to resemble those we know today. This article explains briefly how the curatorial and learning team went about devising these narratives, against the backdrop of the practicalities that dictate a V&A vision of early modern Europe, including past and current policies determining what is available for display, how and where it is to be displayed, and what current and future visitors know and expect in terms of interpretation
Aesthetics · Art · Interpretation (philosophy · Literature · Narrative · Negotiation · Period (music · Political science · Visual arts · Art History and Market Analysis · Computer Science · Historical Art and Culture Studies · Historical Economic and Social Studies · History · Law
| Highly cited | No |
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