Styl mauretański w dekoracji świeckich wnętrz XIX-wiecznych

• Authors: Wójcik Agata

Title variants

EN

Moorish style in 19th century secular interior design

• Languages of publication: PL EN

Abstracts

EN

The 19th century fascination with culture and art of the Orient was revealed not only in painting and literature but also in interior design. Among oriental decorations one can single out a few style tendencies, with Moorish style inspired with art of Islamic countries as one of them. Fashion for this style affected both royal residences, public edifices and bourgeois apartments. Moorish style was applied in decoration of theatres, circuses, concert halls, casinos, restaurants, cafes, baths, swimming pools, and brothels as well. In private interiors oriental decoration was used in living rooms, billiard parlours, smoking rooms and bathrooms. Collector’s houses and artists’ ateliers too were arranged following Moorish mode. In the 19th century Moorish style was associated with ease, leisure and entertainment originated in Eastern countries; it also expressed fascinations, sentiments and memories of the Orient. Eastern ornaments encouraged irregular, asymmetric, bizarre and surprising arrangements, and combinations of various materials and colors. Interiors decorated this way created atmosphere of extraordinariness and wealth, and surrounded their owners with the impression of mystery or prestige.

Keywords

PL

styl mauretański; architektura wnętrz; orientalizm; Alhambra; egzotyzm; sztuka islamu

EN

Moorish style; interior design; Orientalism; Alhambra; exoticism; Islamic art

• Publisher: Instytut Historii Sztuki, Uniwersytet Wrocławski
• Journal: Quart. Kwartalnik Instytutu Historii Sztuki Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego
• Year: 2015
• Issue: 2(36)
• Pages: 20-39
• Physical description: artykuł monograficzny

Dates

published

2015

Contributors

author

Wójcik Agata

• Uniwersytet Pedagogiczny im. KEN w Krakowie

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