{"product_id":"luxury-after-the-terror-iris-moon-9780271091617","title":"Luxury After the Terror","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Louis XVI was guillotined on January 21, 1793, vast networks of production that had provided splendor and sophistication to the royal court were severed. Although the king's royal possessions--from drapery and tableware to clocks and furniture suites--were scattered and destroyed, many of the artists who made them found ways to survive. This book explores the fabrication, circulation, and survival of French luxury after the death of the king.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpanning the final years of the \u003ci\u003eancien r馮ime \u003c\/i\u003efrom the 1790s to the first two decades of the nineteenth century, this richly illustrated book positions luxury within the turbulent politics of dispersal, disinheritance, and dispossession. Exploring exceptional works created from silver, silk, wood, and porcelain as well as unrealized architectural projects, Iris Moon presents new perspectives on the changing meanings of luxury in the revolutionary and Napoleonic periods, a time when artists were forced into hiding, exile, or emigration. Moon draws on her expertise as a curator to revise conventional accounts of the so-called Louis XVI style, arguing that it was only after the revolutionary auctions liquidated the king's collections that their provenance accrued deeper cultural meanings as objects with both a royal imprimatur and a threatening reactionary potential.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLively and accessible, this thought-provoking study will be of interest to curators, art historians, scholars, and students of the decorative arts as well as specialists in the French Revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Iris Moon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0271091614\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780271091617\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penn State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/05\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.10h x 8.10w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2023","brand":"Iris Moon","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44056782569727,"sku":"9780271091617","price":104.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_030ffd90-0184-4ab3-838a-d552b462ce04.jpg?v=1685043244","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/luxury-after-the-terror-iris-moon-9780271091617","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}