Les meubles médiévaux aux xviiie et xixe siècles : entre dédain et vision romantique
The Middle Ages has, since the Renaissance period, been considered a poor, dark and uninteresting time. Pieces of furniture have thus been judged boorish, without delicacy or interest. 18th c. joiners have especially singled out the lack of aesthetic qualities of medieval furniture, as opposed to mo...
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| description | The Middle Ages has, since the Renaissance period, been considered a poor, dark and uninteresting time. Pieces of furniture have thus been judged boorish, without delicacy or interest. 18th c. joiners have especially singled out the lack of aesthetic qualities of medieval furniture, as opposed to more recent elements, thought «beautiful». The 19th c. medievalist fashion has improved that image of the Middle Ages and its furniture. Decorated pieces have been favoured and put forward, deemed « charming » by the architects in charge of the conservation of the monuments in which they are often kept. However, their analysis is limited to a stylistic interest, often extrapolating from a handful of examples and simplifying the technical aspects of furniture conception. These studies then lead to badly informed representations, depicting an anachronistic and imaginary Middle Ages. The treatment of medieval furniture during the Modern and Contemporary periods, especially during the 18th and 19th c., thus oscillates from a condescending disdain to a patronising romantic vision. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-813ab105a34a48cbac7a5294fd183f692025-01-13T15:29:29ZengSociété de Langues et de Littératures Médiévales d'Oc et d'OilPerspectives Médiévales2262-55342020-01-014110.4000/peme.22047Les meubles médiévaux aux xviiie et xixe siècles : entre dédain et vision romantiqueCécile LaganeThe Middle Ages has, since the Renaissance period, been considered a poor, dark and uninteresting time. Pieces of furniture have thus been judged boorish, without delicacy or interest. 18th c. joiners have especially singled out the lack of aesthetic qualities of medieval furniture, as opposed to more recent elements, thought «beautiful». The 19th c. medievalist fashion has improved that image of the Middle Ages and its furniture. Decorated pieces have been favoured and put forward, deemed « charming » by the architects in charge of the conservation of the monuments in which they are often kept. However, their analysis is limited to a stylistic interest, often extrapolating from a handful of examples and simplifying the technical aspects of furniture conception. These studies then lead to badly informed representations, depicting an anachronistic and imaginary Middle Ages. The treatment of medieval furniture during the Modern and Contemporary periods, especially during the 18th and 19th c., thus oscillates from a condescending disdain to a patronising romantic vision.https://journals.openedition.org/peme/22047medievalismreception of the Middle Agesfurnitureromanticism |
| spellingShingle | Cécile Lagane Les meubles médiévaux aux xviiie et xixe siècles : entre dédain et vision romantique Perspectives Médiévales medievalism reception of the Middle Ages furniture romanticism |
| title | Les meubles médiévaux aux xviiie et xixe siècles : entre dédain et vision romantique |
| title_full | Les meubles médiévaux aux xviiie et xixe siècles : entre dédain et vision romantique |
| title_fullStr | Les meubles médiévaux aux xviiie et xixe siècles : entre dédain et vision romantique |
| title_full_unstemmed | Les meubles médiévaux aux xviiie et xixe siècles : entre dédain et vision romantique |
| title_short | Les meubles médiévaux aux xviiie et xixe siècles : entre dédain et vision romantique |
| title_sort | les meubles medievaux aux xviiie et xixe siecles entre dedain et vision romantique |
| topic | medievalism reception of the Middle Ages furniture romanticism |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/peme/22047 |
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