The Transcultural Values of Flower Pyramid
The Cultural Values of Dutch Delftware and its use in the UK Country House Between the Seventeenth to the Eighteenth Century
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Material Culture, Early Modern, Europe, Applied Arts, Methods of Documentation, Conservation, Transcultural Values
Hidden Japanese Men’s Dress
Looking under the plain outer layers of Japanese men's dress to study the spectacular and symbolic imagery that lines beneath.
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Material Culture, Early-Modern, Modern, Asia, Textiles, Applied Arts, Decolonisation, Lived Experience, Prints
Grottoes: The Sensorial Experience
What can be understood about the designed sensorial experience of naturalistic grottoes, from the accounts of those who experienced them in the eighteenth-century?
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Material Culture, Early-Modern, Sensory History, Europe, Built Environment, Applied Arts, Interior Space, Lived Experience, Natural Objects
Precision and Print
This research looks at maps in close detail to reveal their subjective nature.
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Material Culture, Early-Modern, Europe, Asia, Applied Arts, Technologies, Methods of Documentation, Knowledge Production
A Case for Glass
A re-investigation of established narratives surrounding 17th century glass imitations of gemstones and a proposal for an alternate understanding of their value.
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Material Culture, Early-Modern, Europe, Applied Arts, Technologies, Methods of Documentation, Knowledge Production