Japanese Lacquer in France
Spec Requirements : A Lacquer World
Spec Requirements for “A Lacquer World” Web Developers / Designers: Chloe Foussianes, Sarah Ryder Position and Goals: Responsible for designing and coding the website, help form the layout according to the needs of the group. The layout will strive to feature user-friendly design and present the data clearly. Managing/ Copy […]
Marie Antoinette’s Commode: What Lies Within
I will be working in a group focused on recontextualizing and bringing life to the Met’s exquisite secrétaire and commode commissioned by Marie Antoinette. Our goal is to highlight both the form and function of these lacquer furniture pieces, exploring their materiality, modes of production, daily functionality, and sentimental value. My personal […]
Project Goals
Alexander Lange said it well in the New Yorker when she addressed how The Cooper Hewitt had taken time to make its ornate rooms “sing”. We as a class will make the Met’s new digital approach sing. We will keep the aesthetic and grandiose accents of the Met but propose […]
Project Proposal
Given my taste for Asian art, I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised that I was immediately drawn to the Riesner furniture set, with its Japanese lacquer. However, as I spent more time with the works, I realized that what I was truly interested in was the unique blend of cultures […]
Austen Tosone – Post #1
Hey everyone! Welcome to the first of a series of blog posts! In this post I want to answer a few questions that Professor Higonnet posed in regard to our projects: 1. What major historical point does your project make? My project is going to analyze how feminine identity was […]
Austen Tosone Proposal: Feminine Identity
Historical Objectives I have chosen to focus my project on the twin set of furniture that belonged to Queen Marie Antoinette, located in the Wrightsman Galleries at the Metropolitan Museum. My overall theme that links the smaller themes together will be the idea and analysis of feminine identity in 18th […]
Proposal: Marie-Antoinette’s Lacquer World. Motto? “ I love my lacquer more than my diamonds.”
Today I was happy to submit my proposal. While handling the PR for the Lacquer project, my project will examine the mania for Japanese lacquer in Europe during the 18th century as well. Japanese lacquer was a part of a new commodity market in Paris and used to decorate one’s […]