Length1h 41m
About this audiobook
Besides its practical uses in regions across the globe, the fan has a long history as a fashion item, with new shapes, materials, and colours constantly being created. This book portrays the most artistic examples from the 18th to the 20th centuries. The imaginative shapes and expensive materials of fans are usually decorated with peculiar images of social events, icons, and music notes. Through its practical format, this book is an ideal gift for any lover of fashion and cultural objects.
Audiobook details
GenreOther
Length1 hr 41 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2The Language of the Fan in the Eighteenth Century
3The Language of the Fan in the Nineteenth Century
4Untitled, Screen in mica representing two female figures
5Renaud and Armidia, Double-leaf fan, decorated on both sides
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6Untitled, Double-leaf fan, decorated on both sides with three painted cartels
7The Wine Harvest, Reverse of a double-leaf fan, decorated on both sides
8Abigail Facing David, Single-leaf fan
9Fans in Russia
10The Birth of Venus. Double-leaf fan, decorated on both sides
11Venus and Aurora, Double-leaf fan, decorated on both sides
12The Toilet of Diana. Double-leaf fan, decorated on both sides
13The Toilet of Diana
14Untitled, Double-leaf fan, decorated on both sides, representing allegorical scenes
15Untitled
16Dawn, Double-leaf fan, decorated on both sides
17The Rendezvous in the Park, Double-leaf fan, decorated on both sides with three cartels
18The Bird Catchers in Love, Single-leaf fan
19Untitled, Double-leaf fan, decorated on both sides, representing a pastoral scene
20The Altar of Love. Double-leaf fan, decorated on both sides
21Untitled, Single-leaf fan with three painted cartels
22The Rendezvous, Single-leaf fan
23The Rendezvous. Double-leaf fan, decorated on both sides
24The Rendezvous
25Gallant Scenes
26The Rendezvous. Single-leaf fan
27Untitled. Single-leaf fan representing a group of musicians
28The Rendezvous, Single-leaf fan
29Family Scene. Single-leaf fan
30Cupid near an Altar, Single-leaf fan
31Untitled. Double-leave fan, decorated on both sides with three cartels
32Untitled
33Untitled. Single-leaf fan representing a gallant scene
34Untitled. Single-leaf fan with ornamental motifs
35Untitled. Single-leaf fan painted in the style of Pompeii and presented in three cartels
36Untitled. Single-leaf fan representing a landscape with a waterfall
37The Pantheon. Single-leaf fan with three cartels
38Untitled, Double-leaf fan painted in the “chinoiserie” style
39Fan representing an urban landscape with a river
40Children’s Games, Single-leaf fan
41Werther. Single-leaf fan with three cartels
42Amusements in the Park, Double-leaf fan
43The Coronation, Single-leaf fan
44Dance with a Drum
45Blaise and Babette, Theater screen
46The Marriage of Figaro. Theater screen
47The Marriage of Figaro
48The Right of the Lord, Theater screen
49Tartuffe. Theater screen
50Untitled. Single-leaf fan decorated with three cartels in the style of the frescoes of Pompeii
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