Nineteenth-Century Design

Theories and Discourses

Clive Edwards

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2021
• Print ISBN: 9780367233570
• eBook ISBN: 9781000350845
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Geschichte
• Subtopic: Geschichte des 19. Jahrhunderts

This is volume one in a four-volume edition of primary source materials that document the histories of design across the long nineteenth century. Each volume is arranged by appropriate sub-themes and it is the first set of primary sources to be gathered together in this comprehensive and accessible format.

Design refers to more than simply products and personalities or even cultural ideas, it involves consideration of ways of design thinking and applications as well as the philosophies and the other disciplines that impinge upon it. Here, the first volume discusses the theories and discourses that underpinned nineteenth-century design, ranging from design reform to aesthetics, and from the question of ornament to design education.

The volumes will be of interest to a range of scholars and students, including those in art and design history, visual culture, and nineteenth-century material culture. They will also be of interest to a broad range of scholars working in areas including aesthetics, gender, politics and philosophy.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• General Introduction
• Volume I Introduction
• Part 1 Beauty and Aesthetics
• Part 2 Taste
• Part 3 Ornament
• Part 4 Design Reform
• Part 5 Exoticism and Otherness
• Part 6 State Intervention – Fostering Design