Reveals why the domestic interior figured prominently in visual culture from the 1850s to 1920s.

Focusing specifically on portraiture as a genre, this volume challenges scholarly assumptions that regard interior spaces as uniquely feminine. Contributors ana

The Handbook of Interior Architecture and Design offers a compelling collection of original essays that seek to examine the shifting role of interior architectu

From Aesthetes in Africa to the cultural history of the teapot, the essays in this collection contribute to scholarly debates across a wide range of disciplines

This provocative study argues that some of the most inventive artwork of the 1890s was strongly influenced by the methods of experimental science and ultimately