Creating the Artful Home

2006 Architecture

Author : Karen Zukowski
Release : 2006
Genre : Architecture
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Book Rating : 660/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Creating the Artful Home written by Karen Zukowski. This book was released on 2006. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creating the Artful Home: the Aesthetic Movement and Its Influence on Home Decor covers the history of a movement that emphasized "art for art's sake"-and the influence it had on home decor. The Aesthetic Movement in America lasted just a few decades (1870-1900), and served mainly as a bridge between the high Victorian sensibility and the radical shift to the Arts & Crafts style. The movement germinated among artists who used opulent color, decorative patterning, and lavish materials simply for the aesthetic effects they could evoke. It was commonly held that a home that expressed an artful, harmonious soul would instill high aesthetic and moral merit in its inhabitants. The Aesthetic Movement in America helped to popularize the idea that everyone should be able to enjoy beautiful, well-made homes and furnishings-not just the very wealthy. Artful homes could be composed from brilliant antique store finds, discriminating department store purchases, and gems hand-made by the ladies of the house. It was the moment when people embraced the idea that only a beautiful home could be a happy home. Karen Zukowski delves into the movement's establishment, evolution, and main characters, and shows how today's homes can incorporate Aesthetic principles: Through suggestion rather than statement, sensuality, massive use of symbols, and synaesthetic effects-that is, correspondence between words, colors and music. How influential designers such as Clarence Cook and Charles Eastlake popularized the idea that beautiful homes with tasteful furnishings could be available to practically everyone How today's designers, manufacturers, and retailers deploy the very same stylistic markers of the Aesthetic Movement: rich color, layered pattern and texture, mixtures of historical motifs

The Artful Home

2007 Architecture

Author : Toni Fountain Sikes
Release : 2007
Genre : Architecture
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Book Rating : 716/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Artful Home written by Toni Fountain Sikes. This book was released on 2007. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers advice on finding, displaying, and caring for imaginative pieces ranging from tea pot collections to mixed wall art.

The Artful Home: Art for the wall

2003 Art in interior decoration

Author : Louis Sagar
Release : 2003
Genre : Art in interior decoration
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 499/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Artful Home: Art for the wall written by Louis Sagar. This book was released on 2003. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "If homes are the ultimate creative canvas, then books in the Artful HomeTM series are the essential tools of the trade. Part consumer guide, part sourcebook, these volumes show readers how to select, display and care for artworks in all media. In addition, more than 400 photographs in each volume show the best new projects of top artists who create works for the home. Best of all, complete contact information allows the reader to purchase existing works directly from the artists' studios or arrange custom artwork commissions. All photographs are in rich, true color."

At Home with Art

2022-06-28 House & Home

Author : Olivia de Fayet
Release : 2022-06-28
Genre : House & Home
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Book Rating : 347/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book At Home with Art written by Olivia de Fayet. This book was released on 2022-06-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beginner's guide on how to start your own art collection on any budget—to create a unique home that reflects your individual style. A work of art—whether it is unexpected, groundbreaking, or one of a kind—can personalize your interior and transform it into a place like no other. But actually purchasing a signature piece—or even crossing the threshold into a gallery—can be a daunting act. How can you develop your own taste or gauge whether you’re making a worthwhile investment? Drawing on a decade of experience at Christie’s, Olivia de Fayet and Fanny Saulay know that the world is full of artistic talents waiting to be discovered and they want to reframe who can access original works. On a mission to make art accessible to everyone, they compiled their advice into this step-by-step guide that takes the guesswork out of purchasing, guiding amateurs to cultivate an eye and to select favorite pieces. They cover everything you need to know about starting your own collection, from how to find artists and galleries to how to define your collection, along with advice on purchasing, framing, hanging, maintaining, and conserving the value of your artworks. With tips for designing unique interiors with paintings, sculptures, photographs, and other decorative objects, this essential book will give art aficionados the confidence to select pieces they will love forever.

The Art of Home

2023-09-12 House & Home

Author : Shea McGee
Release : 2023-09-12
Genre : House & Home
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 856/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Art of Home written by Shea McGee. This book was released on 2023-09-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The long-awaited design book from Shea McGee, beautifully showcasing all that is possible for every room of your home. Whether it's through her thriving design business, Studio McGee, her popular Netflix series, Dream Home Makeover, or her online community of over five million followers, Shea McGee has shown the world how the principles of high-end design can be applied to any home. As the title of her new book suggests, designing rooms for maximum impact while also remaining approachable to any who enter is an art. But it's also a skill that can be learned because it's inside each one of us. In The Art of Home, Shea takes us through every room of the house, starting with an explanation of process and then guiding our entryways, living rooms, kitchens, offices, kids' rooms, and even our utility rooms. With step-by-step guides paired with her own design projects and the power of her personal stories, Shea helps us transform the most important parts of our lives and how we live. What I love about design is the opportunity to dream and then will that vision into existence. Join Shea as she teaches us to dream and then shows us how to make it reality. Her new book, The Art of Home, is as functional as it is heart-stoppingly beautiful and it will maintain a presence in your home for years to come.

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