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

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Pub. Date: 2006-07-28
Publisher(s): 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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