Georgians Revealed: Life, Style And The Making Of Modern Britain
Goff, Moira and John Goldfinch
Language: English
Published by The British Library, London, 2013
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brown cloth boards w/ gilt spine printing. 168 pgs w/ color illustrations. glossy, pictorial dustjacket. content as follows: For over a hundred years (1714 - 1830) a King George sat on the British throne. It was a time of transformation, as cities grew, industry thrived and trade expanded round the world. New prosperity was celebrated in great country houses and beautifully landscaped gardens, while taste and elegance drove social etiquette and fostered a new consumer boom. Travel became easier, from Grand Tours for the rich to journeys by stagecoach or private carriage for others, encouraging the spread of fashions and ideas. An explosion in print culture also brought new horizons, as an increasingly literate society devoured newspapers, satirical pamphlets, magazines and the newly emerging novel form. Yet what do we really know about the people of this Augustan age, whose beliefs and preoccupations have so influenced our own? 'Georgians Revealed' explores the realities of their daily lives through a fascinating variety of objects, from playbills to porcelain, architects' plans to fashion plates. VG. light foxing to pg edges; back cover flyleaf. dustjacket has scratches & edge-wear.…
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- Title
- Georgians Revealed: Life, Style And The Making Of Modern Britain
- Author
- Goff, Moira and John Goldfinch
- Publisher
- The British Library, London
- Publication year
- 2013
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0712357130
- ISBN 13
- 9780712357135
- Seller catalogs
- British Country Life
Yet what do we really know about the people of this Augustan Age, whose beliefs and preoccupations have so influenced our own? Georgians Revealed explores the realities of their daily lives through a fascinating variety of objects, from playbills to porcelain, architects’ plans to fashion plates. The compelling selection traces the Georgians’ famous love of shopping and celebrity, gambling and domestic design, and navigates the rules that governed behavior from ballrooms to the sporting world. It shows how a passion for entertainment created innovations such as the circus, pantomime, and modern ballet, as well as the pleasure gardens and masquerades that brought the spice of intrigue and danger to their clientele.
Spanning high culture and business, consumerism and crime, Georgians Revealed unravels the contradictions and concerns that link the Georgian era so closely to our own.
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About the Author
John Goldfinch is a curator at the British Library.
Karen Limper-Herz is a curator at the British Library.
Helen Peden is a curator at the British Library.
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