Surface Tensions by Glenn Adamson
Surfaces are often held to be of lesser consequence than 'deeper' or more 'substantive' aspects of artworks and objects. Yet it is also possible to conceive of the surface in more positive terms: as a site where complex forces meet. Surfaces can be theorized as membranes, protective shells, sensitive skins, even thicknesses in their own right. The surface is not so much a barrier to content as an opportunity for encounter. Surface tensions includes sixteen essays that explore this theoretically uncharted terrain. The subjects range widely: domestic maintenance; avant-garde fashion; the faking of antiques; postmodern architecture and design; contemporary film costume. Of particular emphasis within the volume are textiles, which are among the most complex and culturally rich materializations of surface. As a whole, the book provides insights into the whole lifecycle of objects, not just their condition when new. The contents will be of interest to any practitioner or scholar who considers the surface within their work, whether from the perspective of fine art, craft, design, history or anthropology.-
The culture of fashion
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The culture of craft
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The autobiography of a nation
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The Study of Dress History
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Arts and Crafts objects
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Quotations on Design and Material Culture
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Italian graphic design
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The Birth of Modern London
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Victorian Furniture
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The Edwardian House
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The British Country House in the Eighteenth Century
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Graphic Design - Reproduction & Representation
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Chinoiserie
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Turning revolt into style
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Material Relations
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The Material Renaissance
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Windows for the World
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European Fashion
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Out of the Ivory Tower
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Enid Marx’s material modern
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Stiliagi and Soviet masculinities, 1945–2010
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Critical histories of the Arts and Crafts movement
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Confessions of monuments
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Celebrating the city
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Becoming couture
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'The industrialized designer'
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Art versus Industry?
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Making Sense of the Bayeux Tapestry
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Anna of Denmark
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Critical Design in Japan
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Ideal Homes, 1918-39
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Building Reputations
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Comradely Objects
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Political and Sartorial Styles
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Crafting Identities
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Hot Metal
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Crafting Design in Italy
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Representations of British Motoring
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Bringing Modernity Home
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Precarious objects
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Threads of globalization
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At home with the poor
Glenn Adamson is Head of Research at the Victoria and Albert Museum
Victoria Kelley is Reader in Design and Material Culture History at University for the Creative Arts, and teaches in the School of Fashion and Textile Design, Central Saint Saint Martins College of Art and Design
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| ISBN 13 | 9780719087516 |
| ISBN 10 | 0719087511 |
| Title | Surface Tensions |
| Author | Glenn Adamson |
| Series | Studies In Design And Material Culture |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Manchester University Press |
| Year published | 2013-11-30 |
| Number of pages | 232 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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