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The Senses in Interior Design

Sensorial Expressions and Experiences

Author: John Potvin, Benoit Beaulieu and Marie-Ève Marchand   Series: Studies in Design and Material Culture

The Senses in Interior Design
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Interior design is all about the senses. This volume explores how sight, touch, smell, hearing and taste have been mobilised within various forms of interiors from the late sixteenth century to today. It provides new insight on the significance of the senses in all aspects of interior design and decoration.

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Interior design is all about the senses. This volume explores how sight, touch, smell, hearing and taste have been mobilised within various forms of interiors from the late sixteenth century to today. It provides new insight on the significance of the senses in all aspects of interior design and decoration.

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The senses in interior design examines how sight, touch, smell, hearing and taste have been mobilised within various forms of interiors.

The chapters explore how the body navigates and negotiates the realities of designed interiors and challenge the traditional focus on star designers or ideal interiors that have left sensorial agency at the margins of design history. From the sensually gendered role of the fireplace in late sixteenth century Italy to the synaesthetic decors of Comte Robert de Montesquiou and the sensorial stimuli of Aesop stores, each chapter brings a new perspective on the central role that the senses have played in the conception, experiences and uses of interiors.

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About the Author

John Potvin is a Professor of Art History at Concordia University.

Marie-ve Marchand is an Affiliate Assistant Professor of Art History at Concordia University.

Benoit Beaulieu is a PhD Candidate in Art History at Concordia University.

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Publisher
Manchester University Press
Published
5th September 2023
Pages
272
ISBN
9781526167828

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