Main entry:

Racknitz, Joseph Friedrich, Freiherr zu, 1744-1818, author.

Title & Author:

A rare treatise on interior decoration and architecture : Joseph Friedrich zu Racknitz's Presentation and history of the taste of the leading nations / edited and translated by Simon Swynfen Jervis.

Publication:

Los Angeles : The Getty Research Institute, [2019]
©2019

Description:

ix, 349 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 x 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 332-338) and index.
Joseph Friedrich Freiherr zu Racknitz / Simon Swynfen Jervis -- Racknitz's Presentation and history / Simon Swynfen Jervis -- Racknitz and his Presentation and history : an assessment / Simon Swynfen Jervis -- Note on the translation -- Presentation and history of the taste of the leading nations in relation to the interior decoration of rooms and to architecture / Joseph Friedrich, Baron Rachnitz -- Volume I (1796). Presentation and history of the taste of the leading nations in relation to the interior decoration of rooms and to architecture -- Dedication and dedicatory letter -- Explanation of the vignettes and the end engravings. 1. Egyptian taste ; 2. Etruscan taste ; 3. Arabesque taste ; 4. The taste derived from the discoveries of Herculaneum, Pompeii, and Stabia ; 5. The noble Roman taste, combined with an outline history of architecture ; 6. Chinese taste -- Volume II (1797). Explanation of the vignettes and the end engravings. 7. Greek taste ; 8. Old German taste ; 9. Modern Persian taste ; 10. English taste ; 11. French grotesque taste ; 12. Tahitian taste -- Volume III (1798). Explanation of the vignettes and the end engravings. 13. Greek taste as it approached its decadence ; 14. Moorish taste ; 15. Turkish taste ; 16. Old French taste ; 17. Kamchatkan taste ; 18. Mexican taste -- Volume IV (1799). Explanation of the vignettes and the end engravings. 19. Ancient Persian taste ; 20. East Indian taste ; 21. Siberian taste, in conjunction with the Russian taste ; 22. Gothic taste ; 23. Modern, supposedly antique taste ; 24. Jewish or Hebrew taste -- Plates.
Text in English. Translated from German.

Summary:

"This volume translates Joseph Friedrich von Racknitz's Presentation and History of the Taste of the Leading Nations in Relation to the Interior Decoration of Rooms and to Architecture, a rare and little-known treatise that traces an early global history of design and ornament"--Provided by publisher.
"Baron Joseph Friedrich zu Racknitz's pioneering Presentation and History of the Taste of the Leading Nations in Relation to the Interior Decoration of Rooms and to Architecture (Darstellung und Geschichte des Geschmacks der vorzüglichsten Völker in Beziehung auf die innere Auszierung der Zimmer und auf die Baukunst) is little known today. Racknitz, a German aristocrat, traced an early global history of design and ornament through discussions of what he distinguished as twenty-four essential regional historical tastes. He included those of a diverse group of ancient classical civilizations, European nations and peoples, Eastern civilizations, and more exotic reaches of the world. This sensitive and informed translation also includes reproductions of the original color plates and essays on Racknitz's biography, his publication, and the German Enlightenment context, making this an essential volume for studying eighteenth- and nineteenth-century architecture, decorative arts, and garden design."--from Publisher

ISBN:

9781606066249 hardcover
1606066242 hardcover

Subject:

Decoration and ornament, Architectural Early works to 1800.
Decoration and ornament Early works to 1800.
Interior decoration Early works to 1800.
Décoration et ornement architecturaux Ouvrages avant 1800.
Décoration et ornement Ouvrages avant 1800.
Décoration intérieure Ouvrages avant 1800.
Decoration and ornament.
Decoration and ornament, Architectural.
Interior decoration.
Western, Europe, International (Western Style) Architecture, Interior Design

Form/genre:

Early works.

Added entries:

Jervis, Simon, editor, translator, writer of supplementary textual content.
Getty Research Institute, issuing body.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 307719
Call No.: BIB 253201
Status: Available