AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF INTERIOR DECORATION FROM POMPEII TO

Mario Praz

with 400 illustrations, 64 in colour

Thames & Hudson TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction 13 Notes to the Introduction 68

Illustrations and commentary 75 Greek and Roman Furnishings 76 The Medieval House 78 Late Medieval Interiors 82 Late Gothic 90 15th Century Italian Interiors 92 Interiors in the Paintings of Vittore Carpaccio 94 Interiors in Florentine Renaissance Painting 96 The Scholar's Cell 98 16th Century Interiors in the Engravings of van der Straet 106 17th Century Flemish Interiors in the Paintings of Frans Franken 108 Dutch Interiors in 17th Century Emblem Books 110 Opulent Flemish Interiors in the Paintings of van Bassen 114 Louis XIII Interiors in the Engravings of Abraham Bosse 118 Interiors in 17th Century Dutch Painting 122 Wanderkammern and Patrician Galleries 138 English Interiors of the 18th Century 147 Gothic Taste in 18th Century England 150 Louis XV Interiors: Innovations in Furniture and the Distribution of Apartments 152 The Classical Influence and the Development of the Louis XVI Style 160 An Interest in Humble Interiors and Precious Furniture 162 Early Neoclassical Interiors 170 Interiors by Percier and Fontaine: The Inspiration of Herculaneum 178 The Recueil of Percier and Fontaine: The "Bible of " 180 Archeological Trends in England: Interiors and Furniture by Thomas Hope 186 Empire Interiors 188 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Watercolor Interiors by Garnerey 193 Empire Interiors in Naples 198 From Empire to 200 The Timelessness of Humble Interiors 204 The Biedermeier Stimmung in the Paintings of Georg Friedrich Kersting 206 Interior Views as Portraits of Famous Persons 210 The Bonapartes in Exile—The Round Table of Queen Hortense 213 Early 19th Century Florentine Interiors 216 Biedermeier Interiors of the Bourbons in Naples 218 Biedermeier Interiors of the Court of Marie-Louise at Parma 224 Bourgeois Interiors and the Sense of Intimacy 230 19th Century Kitchens 236 American and English Interiors of the Early 19th Century 239 The Brighton Pavilion 240 The Home and Museum of Sir John Soane 246 Sovereigns' Studies of the Early 19th Century 250 Interiors of the German Royal Palaces in the Early 19th Century: Interiors by Karl Friedrich Schinkel 254 The Zimmerlaube 258 Neo-Gothic Taste and Ornament 259 , Curtains and Tile Stoves 261 The Mode of Raphael 262 The Empire Style in German Palaces: The Munich Residenz 266 Interiors of the Tegernsee Castle: Empire—Biedermeier 268 Russian Interiors, 1820's-1850's 274 Danish Interiors of about 1830 282 Cafes, Osterie, and Gathering Places 288 Artists' Studios 297 The Chigi Album 298 Dutch Interiors, 1830-1840 315 TABLE OF CONTENTS

The Album of Queen Sophia of Holland 316 Innovations: The Pouf. 322 Character of the Furnishing—Character of the Owner 324 Children and Flowers 327 Around the Table 332 The World Outside 334 Influence of the Great Exhibition of 1851 336 Residences of Foreigners in Italy 340 Watercolor Interiors by Fernand Pelez 346 Exaltation of the Stuffed Chair 348 The Style Louis XVI—Imperatrice 350 The Chateau de Ferrieres of the Baron de Rothschild 358 The Twilight of the Biedermeier Spirit: A Comparison between Interiors of the 1840's and 1860's 364 The Styleless Interior 366 The Clutter of Bric-a-Brac and Junk: The Makart-Bukett 370 The Japanese Vogue and the Eclecticism of the 19th Century 376 The Intimism of Interiors by Vuillard 380 Art Nouveau Interiors 383 Notes to the Commentary and Index 387

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