Decorated Interiors: Gender, Ornament, and Moral Values
Mary Sheriff considers that the identification process underlying the creation of any décor commissioned by its patron stems from a cultural rather than asocial impulse. The gendered consciousness that the men and women of the Enlightenment integrated into their personalities inspired a ‘gendered’ e...
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| Опубликовано в: : | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/etudes18, |
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| Формат: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Язык: | Anglais |
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Études sur le XVIIIe siècle
2025
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| Online-ссылка: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Итог: | Mary Sheriff considers that the identification process underlying the creation of any décor commissioned by its patron stems from a cultural rather than asocial impulse. The gendered consciousness that the men and women of the Enlightenment integrated into their personalities inspired a ‘gendered’ expression of their interiors. Beginning with a comparison between the Princess's salon with the lesser-known salon of the Prince of the Hôtel de Soubise (1735-1738), she provides a quasi-taxonomic decoding of the displayed iconographic themes and ornaments, drawing on written sources that demonstrate a similar appreciation of human categories. As she considers the physiological and psychological characteristics of women who were condemned by their male contemporaries for their morals, she explains why misogyny, and subsequently the feminist movement that counteracted it, has been evident in studies of 18th-century décor since the 19th century. |
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