Victorian Design from the Crystal Palace Exhibition: Includes CD-ROM (Dover Pictorial Archive)
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| Rating | : | 4.58 (862 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0486472191 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-29 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Victorian Design from the Crystal Palace Exhibition This book opens up with incredible photos of the 19th century, during the time, in the opening of the Great Exhibition, which one would be appraise for the delightful things that are common in the English society. Materials made of textiles were pretty to adore in one's own home. What is magnificent about this book is that it gives a primary importance on the fabrication of the product, as well as how it became important to the symbol of British hierarchy. Each item in this book is followed by a close caption, with a CD-ROM, it is a great help to understand the importance of the things
The ambition and optimism of the exhibition symbolize the nineteenth century's finest aspirations, and its dense catalog of engravings serves as a primary source for Victorian design.This exclusive gallery of items pares the exhibition's 400-page catalog down to a sparkling selection of more than 640 items. The Victorians took a profound interest in décor and ornamentation, and between May and October of 1851, 6 million of them flocked to the grand world's fair known as the Crystal Palace Exhibition. Inside a massive greenhouse-like structure in London's Hyde Park, they admired the greatest assemblage of the era's applied and decorative arts. An authentic source of images representing the quintessence of Victorian