Below is the project proposal I submitted: Servants Were There, Too My individual contribution to the Virtual Enlightenment Digital Project will be to focus on the role of servants and enslaved people in domestic spaces, specifically those occupied by and associated with upper class, wealthy families of France during […]
I’m interested in the representation and use of space in the Tessé Room, and want to show visitors how the room served as a background for new luxury consumer goods, and how the movement of those luxury goods, with the aid of servants, allowed for the room to serve many […]
I noticed many of us were discussing the same Rhino problems today in class. I just found this video that might be helpful! Particularly the commands “ExtrudeCrv” and “cap”
Project Proposal – Riesener Desk I have a few ideas about how I’d like to explore this object. I’m especially interested in its mechanical nature and how it operates on a level below its veneer, as that aspect of it is virtually invisible when looking at the desk on display […]
Proposal of ideas: Materials and their Makers/Bodies in Space The goal of the “Materials and their Makers” group is to draw attention to the artisans behind the craft of the many beautiful items of the Tessé room. The “Bodies in Space” group will focus on re-introducing people to the Tessé […]
What major historical point does your project make? The project will relate to the larger theme of the transformation of consumer society and the transformation of the body that took place during the Enlightenment that cut across classes (I do not wish to discount the important role that the presence […]
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 […]
My experience thus far as a participant in Barnard’s A Virtual Enlightenment seminar has been nothing but extraordinary. All of my preceding expectations have been blown away and I feel as though I am on a rising exponential learning curve. As the image of such curve exists in my head, […]
Hello this is Professor Anne Higonnet. I am the one in the mirrors of the newly renovated period room of the San Francisco art museums. This launches our course blog, which will record our project to introduce the first digital seminar into the Barnard College, Columbia University undergraduate curriculum.
