Home: A Short History of an Ideaby Witold Rybczynski | |
| List(s): | "Carp 500" |
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| Category: |
"World History - Cultural" |
| Pages: | 232 |
| Year of Publication: | 1987 |
| Date Read: | 02/23/1991 |
| Notes: | Here is a book that will change the way you look at your house. Walk through five centuries of homes both great and small — from the smoke-filled manor halls of the Middle Ages to today’s Ralph Lauren-designed environments — on a house tour like no other. You’ll see how social and cultural changes influenced styles of decoration and furnishing, learn the connection between wall-hung religious tapestries and wall-to-wall carpeting, discover how some of our most welcome luxuries were born of architectural necessity, and much more. COMMENTS — If you enjoy Rybczynski’s approach, read Waiting for the Weekend, a history of leisure time, or A Clearing in the Distance, a biography of Frederick Law Olmsted, the landscape architect who designed New York’s Central Park. |
| My Rating: | 8 |