Racknitz, Joseph Friedrich, Freiherr zu, 1744-1818
Title:
A rare treatise on interior decoration and architecture : Joseph Friedrich zu Racknitz's Presentation and history of the taste of the leading nations / translated and edited by Simon Swynfen Jervis.
Alternate Title(s):
Darstellung und Geschichte des Geschmacks der vorzüglichsten Völker in Beziehung auf die innere Auszierung der Zimmer und auf die Baukunst. English
ix, 349 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 x 27 cm
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Joseph Friedrich Freiherr zu Racknitz / Simon Swynfen Jervis -- Racknitz's Presentation and history / Simon Swynfen Jervis -- Racknitz and his Presentation and history : an assessment / Simon Swynfen Jervis -- Note on the translation -- Volume I. Presentation and history of the taste of the leading nations in relation to the interior decoration of rooms and to architecture -- Dedicatory letter -- Explanation of the vignettes and the end engravings -- Preface -- 1. Egyptian taste -- 2. Etruscan taste -- 3. Arabesque taste -- 4. The taste derived from the discoveries of Herculaneum, Pompeii, and Stabia -- 5. The noble Roman taste, combined with an outline history of architecture -- 6. Chinese taste -- Volume II. Explanation of the vignettes and the end engravings -- 7. Greek taste -- 8. Old German taste -- 9. Modern Persian taste -- 10. English taste -- 11. French grotesque taste -- 12. Tahitian taste -- Volume III. Explanation of the vignettes and the end engravings -- 13. Greek taste as it approached its decadence -- 14. Moorish taste -- 15. Turkish taste -- 16. Old French taste -- 17. Kamchatkan taste -- 18. Mexican taste -- Volume IV. Explanation of the vignettes and the end engravings -- 19. Ancient Persian taste -- 20. East Indian taste -- 21. Siberian taste, in conjunction with the Russian taste -- 22. Gothic taste -- 23. Modern, supposedly antique taste -- 24. Jewish or Hebrew taste.
Subject Terms:
Decoration and ornament, Architectural -- Early works to 1800. | Decoration and ornament -- Early works to 1800. | Interior decoration -- Early works to 1800. | Decoration and ornament. | Decoration and ornament, Architectural. | Interior decoration.
Form/Genre:
Early works.
Contributors:
Jervis, Simon, editor, translator, writer of supplementary textual content. | Getty Research Institute, issuing body.