The Poetic Home: Designing the 19th-Century Domestic Interior by Stefan Muthesius (review)

[...]the nineteenth-century home tied decor and occupational use tightly to the mental, physical, and spiritual sphere of the family and to the concept of refuge from the outside world. Muthesius gives equal weight to developments in the home in the 1820s as he does to the home at the end of the cen...

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Published in:Victorian Review 2012-04, Vol.38 (1), p.239-242
Main Author: Downey, Georgina
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
19th century
Art history
Design
English literature
Illustrations
Modernism
Textiles
Victorian period
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Summary:[...]the nineteenth-century home tied decor and occupational use tightly to the mental, physical, and spiritual sphere of the family and to the concept of refuge from the outside world. Muthesius gives equal weight to developments in the home in the 1820s as he does to the home at the end of the century (when historical records are more plentiful). [...]the book also offers required reading for those whose focus is on the long nineteenth century. The Poetic Home will be an invaluable resource for scholars of the Victorian period and will become required reading across a range of disciplines in the broader span of the humanities, including design and art history, nineteenth-century studies, European studies, English literature, and German, English, and French studies, from undergraduate to higher degree research levels.
ISSN:0848-1512
1923-3280
1923-3280
DOI:10.1353/vcr.2012.0047