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
63Untitled, Double-leaf fan
2The Language of the Fan in the Eighteenth Century
64The Young Sirens, Double-leaf fan decorated on both sides
3The Language of the Fan in the Nineteenth Century
65The Young Sirens
4Untitled, Screen in mica representing two female figures
66Untitled. Double-leaf fan decorated on both sides, representing a group of musicians
5Renaud and Armidia, Double-leaf fan, decorated on both sides
67Marriage fan, Double-leaf fan decorated on both sides
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6Untitled, Double-leaf fan, decorated on both sides with three painted cartels
68Group in a Park, Double-leaf fan decorated on both sides
7The Wine Harvest, Reverse of a double-leaf fan, decorated on both sides
69The Bullfight, Double-leaf fan decorated on both sides
8Abigail Facing David, Single-leaf fan
70The Bullfight
9Fans in Russia
71The Concert, Double-leaf fan decorated on both sides
10The Birth of Venus. Double-leaf fan, decorated on both sides
72The Concert
11Venus and Aurora, Double-leaf fan, decorated on both sides
73Untitled, Single-leaf fan
12The Toilet of Diana. Double-leaf fan, decorated on both sides
74The Reception with the Doge of Venice, Reverse of the double-leaf fan
13The Toilet of Diana
75Untitled, Double-leaf fan decorated on both sides
14Untitled, Double-leaf fan, decorated on both sides, representing allegorical scenes
76The Victory of Amphitrite Double-leaf fan decorated on both sides and accompanied by a case covered with velvet
15Untitled
77Untitled, Double-leaf fan decorated on both sides with three cartels
16Dawn, Double-leaf fan, decorated on both sides
78Untitled, Single-leaf fan with a silk sheet, set with sequins
17The Rendezvous in the Park, Double-leaf fan, decorated on both sides with three cartels
79Untitled. Double-leaf wedding fan decorated on both sides
18The Bird Catchers in Love, Single-leaf fan
80Untitled, Double-leaf wedding fan decorated on both sides
19Untitled, Double-leaf fan, decorated on both sides, representing a pastoral scene
81The Rural Marriage, Double-leaf fan decorated on both sides by B. Slavinski
20The Altar of Love. Double-leaf fan, decorated on both sides
82Gallant Scene with Cupids, Single-leaf fan
21Untitled, Single-leaf fan with three painted cartels
83Untitled
22The Rendezvous, Single-leaf fan
84Single-leaf satin fan representing a bouquet
23The Rendezvous. Double-leaf fan, decorated on both sides
85Single-leaf satin fan painted with flowers and carrying the inscription: “souvenir”
24The Rendezvous
86The Flight of Juno, Single-leaf fan
25Gallant Scenes
87Poucelina, Single-leaf fan
26The Rendezvous. Single-leaf fan
88Single-leaf fan in painted silk
27Untitled. Single-leaf fan representing a group of musicians
89The Young Girl and the Doves, Single-leaf fan
28The Rendezvous, Single-leaf fan
90Single-leaf fan with a lace sheet
29Family Scene. Single-leaf fan
91Flowered lace fan, with embroidery of flowers
30Cupid near an Altar, Single-leaf fan
92Single-leaf sheet with a blue silk sheet
31Untitled. Double-leave fan, decorated on both sides with three cartels
93Gallant Scene, Single-leaf fan
32Untitled
94Single-leaf fan representing a couple feeding the pigeons
33Untitled. Single-leaf fan representing a gallant scene
95Gallant Scenes in the Park, Double-leaf fan
34Untitled. Single-leaf fan with ornamental motifs
96Gallant Scene in the Park, Single-leaf fan
35Untitled. Single-leaf fan painted in the style of Pompeii and presented in three cartels
97Untitled
36Untitled. Single-leaf fan representing a landscape with a waterfall
98Untitled, Single-leaf fan
37The Pantheon. Single-leaf fan with three cartels
99Untitled, Fan with a sheet of silk and lace
38Untitled, Double-leaf fan painted in the “chinoiserie” style
100Lace fan
39Fan representing an urban landscape with a river
101Untitled. Fan in the form of a screen
40Children’s Games, Single-leaf fan
102Untitled, Fan with a sheet of blue feathers
41Werther. Single-leaf fan with three cartels
103Untitled. Fan with a sheet of white ostrich feathers
42Amusements in the Park, Double-leaf fan
104Untitled. Fan with a painted sheet
43The Coronation, Single-leaf fan
105Fan representing a bouquet of flowers
44Dance with a Drum
106Art Nouveau Fan, Double-leaf fan
45Blaise and Babette, Theater screen
107Art Nouveau Fan
46The Marriage of Figaro. Theater screen
108Family Scene
47The Marriage of Figaro
109Untitled, Fan in the form of a pliable screen
48The Right of the Lord, Theater screen
110Untitled, Lace fan
49Tartuffe. Theater screen
111Untitled. Fan with a frame of engraved bone
50Untitled. Single-leaf fan decorated with three cartels in the style of the frescoes of Pompeii
112Untitled, Fan with a frame in tortoise shell
51The Ruins of the Antique Temple. Single-leaf fan
113Untitled, Fan with a frame in carved bone with openwork embroidery
52Fireplace screen
114Lace fan representing flying Cupids
53Fireplace screen
115Untitled. Black silk lace fan
54Untitled. Single-leaf fan
116Untitled. Satin fan embroidered with a representation of flowers and butterflies
55Untitled. Single-leaf fan
117Untitled, Fan with a sheet of goose feathers
56The Reception at the Lord’s House, Double-leaf fan decorated on both sides
118Untitled. Fan with a satin sheet
57The Reception at the Lord’s House
119Art Nouveau Fan
58Gallant Scene in the Park, Double-leaf fan decorated on both sides
120Untitled. Fan with a painted black sheet
59Gallant Scene in the Park
121Stage fan of the actrice N.V. Petrova of the Marie Theater in St Petersburg
60Untitled. Double-leaf fan with a painting in ink
122The Rendezvous, Single-leaf fan
61Untitled, Double-leaf fan with a painting in ink
123Untitled, Screen fan with a handle case
62Untitled, Double-leaf fan
124The Bullfight Souvenir fan
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