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 […]
My contribution to my group’s digital project is to hopefully give viewers a more authentic idea about the daily routines that took place in rooms like the Tesse. Scholarship thus far seems to have explored predominantly the wealthy class and how they spent their time in these types of spaces. […]
In thinking about our class objective, I began to focus on the importance of Diderot’s encyclopedie plates to the Tésse Room in terms of the greater understanding of and about 18th Century French decorative arts. The more I focused on ideas surrounding linking plates of the encyclopedie to, say, the […]
On digital technology & our seminar Digital technology has the potential to make visible to all art historians and to their audiences, as well as to all museum audiences, what until now has been experienced only by a few dedicated curators and dealers. Details from high-resolution photography, rotational images, digitally […]
I hope that my project for this class, in showing the technological and economic developments of the Enlightenment through the materials, their makers, and their use of space, will give visitors a way to insert themselves into the world of the Enlightenment. I believe that by showing them the advancements […]
Here are just a couple of photographs that I took during out intimate session behind the barriers of the Wrightsman Galleries during the session with Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide. I can’t help but feel very privileged to have been offered that access, as well as to have been able to handle […]
1. My project reminds viewers of the working people behind the creation of the beautiful objects and materials used in 18th century France, particularly the clothing makers. There are many parts to clothing design, including the main body (which can be made from several materials), the lace, decorations, feathers, buttons, […]
For my component of the project, I will recreate various 18th century textiles with watercolor. Specifically, I will focus on the seasonality of the textiles and how the patterns and materials change from season to season. Until the latter part of the 18th century, original French design ideas for textile […]
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 […]
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 […]
