Drawing from Fancy: The Intersection of Art and Design in Mid-Eighteenth-Century London
This paper attempts to bring the world of mid-eighteenth-century British design into fruitful conversation with contemporary art theory and practice. Taking the neighbourhood and milieu of the St Martin's Lane area in London as a starting point, I investigate connections between British "r...
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| description | This paper attempts to bring the world of mid-eighteenth-century British design into fruitful conversation with contemporary art theory and practice. Taking the neighbourhood and milieu of the St Martin's Lane area in London as a starting point, I investigate connections between British "rococo" design and William Hogarth's Analysis of Beauty in terms of shared formal values and contemporary implications of "modernity". I argue for a mutual indebtedness rather than "art" directing "design". |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5a6dc611c6964fac9a6967c583b451d12023-11-02T06:05:43ZdeuInternational Association of Research Institutes in the History of Art (RIHA)RIHA Journal2190-33282190-33282014-03-010088Drawing from Fancy: The Intersection of Art and Design in Mid-Eighteenth-Century LondonPuetz, AnneThis paper attempts to bring the world of mid-eighteenth-century British design into fruitful conversation with contemporary art theory and practice. Taking the neighbourhood and milieu of the St Martin's Lane area in London as a starting point, I investigate connections between British "rococo" design and William Hogarth's Analysis of Beauty in terms of shared formal values and contemporary implications of "modernity". I argue for a mutual indebtedness rather than "art" directing "design".http://www.riha-journal.org/articles/2014/2014-jan-mar/special-issue-art-design-history/puetz-drawing-from-fancyAnalysis of BeautyEighteenth-century British design and decorative artsDrawingDesign/DisegnoOrnamentModernityPatriotismThomas JohnsonMatthias LockJohn LinnellThomas Chippendale |
| spellingShingle | Puetz, Anne Drawing from Fancy: The Intersection of Art and Design in Mid-Eighteenth-Century London RIHA Journal Analysis of Beauty Eighteenth-century British design and decorative arts Drawing Design/Disegno Ornament Modernity Patriotism Thomas Johnson Matthias Lock John Linnell Thomas Chippendale |
| title | Drawing from Fancy: The Intersection of Art and Design in Mid-Eighteenth-Century London |
| title_full | Drawing from Fancy: The Intersection of Art and Design in Mid-Eighteenth-Century London |
| title_fullStr | Drawing from Fancy: The Intersection of Art and Design in Mid-Eighteenth-Century London |
| title_full_unstemmed | Drawing from Fancy: The Intersection of Art and Design in Mid-Eighteenth-Century London |
| title_short | Drawing from Fancy: The Intersection of Art and Design in Mid-Eighteenth-Century London |
| title_sort | drawing from fancy the intersection of art and design in mid eighteenth century london |
| topic | Analysis of Beauty Eighteenth-century British design and decorative arts Drawing Design/Disegno Ornament Modernity Patriotism Thomas Johnson Matthias Lock John Linnell Thomas Chippendale |
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