BLOOMSBURY ROOMS: MODERNISM, SUBCULTURE, AND DOMESTICITY
Published by Yale University Press. 1st. 2004
Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper. New light on the notorious Bloomsbury Group and how the issues of their day influenced their interpretation and decoration of the home. The author analyzes the rooms designed by Bloomsbury artists as spaces in which to be modern. This book traces the development of Bloomsbury's domestic aesthetic from the group's influential promulgation of Post-Impressionism in Britain around 1910 through the 1930s. Large format. Green cloth boards, black title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. viii and 314 pages including index.
Tip of board corners lightly bumped else boards clean and bright. Light browning to text block. Title page has light marks from colour imprinting from facing colour frontispiece. Otherwise, contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned, old price label to rear panel. The book has a lingering cigarette odour.
ISBN: 0300102488
Stock no. 1829168
- Categorised in:
- ART
- INTERIOR DESIGN
- POST-IMPRESSIONISM
- HOMES AND HOUSING
