The Modern Period Room: The Construction of the Exhibited Interior 18701950

by Sparke, Penny; Martin, Brenda; Keeble, Trevor

• ISBN13: 9780203099612
• ISBN10: 0203099613
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781134189311
• Copyright: 2006-07-28
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
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Summary

Leading scholars from a broad range of disciplines present illustrated essays towards a new take on the presentation of twentieth century show interiors.

Table of Contents

Contributors Biographies

List of Figures

Preface

Introduction

The Modern Period Room - A Contradiction in Terms?

Interiors Without Walls: Choice in Context at MoDA

Stopping the Clock: The Preservation and Presentation of Linley Sambourne House, 18 Stafford Terrace

The Double Life: The Cultural Construction of the Exhibited Interior in Modern Japan

The Restoration of Modern Life: Interwar Houses on Show in the Netherlands

'A Man's House is his Art': The Walker Art Center's Idea House Project and the Marketing of Domestic Design 1941-1947

Domesticity on Display: Modelling the Modern Home in Post-War Belgium (1945-1950)

Kettles Yard: Museum of Way of Life?

Two Viennese Refugees: Lucie Rie and her Apartment

The Preservation and Presentation of 2 Willow Road for the National Trust

Photographs of a Legacy: Dora Gordine and Dorich House

Index

Bibliography

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