Following a first volume devoted to secular and sacred objects and sculptures from the 12th to the 18th centuries, this second catalogue in the decorative arts collection of the Fondation Gandur pour l’Art focuses specifically on the art of living. Furniture, caskets, boxes, clocks, lamps, turned ivories and gold and silver cups from the dawn of the Renaissance to the end of the Age of Enlightenment provide a panoply of strictly decorative European creativeness.<\/p>\n
Edited by Fabienne Fravalo, curator of the decorative arts collection at the Fondation Gandur pour l’Art, this catalogue is introduced by two essays, written respectively by Sophie Mouquin, lecturer at the University of Lille, and Caroline Heering, professor at the Catholic University of Leuven. It presents the major objects in the collection, studied and analysed by curators and scholars working in German, American, English, Belgian, French and Swiss institutions. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The art of living through the ages. Explore the refinement of European decorative arts in the catalogue of the Fondation Gandur pour l’Art. A richly illustrated work for history and art lovers.
Foreword 7
\nJean Claude Gandur
\nIntroduction 9
\nFabienne Fravalo
\nA History of Taste and Styles 15
\nSophie Mouquin
\nDiversity and Inventiveness
\nin the Language of Ornament 25
\nCaroline Heering
\nCollection Catalogue 37
\n1 | Curiosiy 37
\n2 | Virtuosity 87
\n3 | Ingenuity 149
\n4 | Comfort 205
\n5 | Privacy 247
\nAppendices 291
\nBibliography 292
\nIndex 302<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":62586,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[5568,5597],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-62585","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-art","7":"product_cat-design","8":"author-edited-by-fabienne-fravalo","9":"publisher-five-continents-editions","10":"series-fondation-gandur","12":"first","13":"instock","14":"shipping-taxable","15":"purchasable","16":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n