European fans in the 17th and 18th centuries : images, accessories, and instruments of gesture / Miriam Volmert and Danijela Bucher (eds.) ; in collaboration with Fabienne Ruppen.

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2020]

©2020

346 pages : illustrations (some color), charts, portraits ; 24 cm

7 French, 5 German, 4 English contributions; abstracts in English.

In 17th and 18th century Europe, folding fans were important, socially-coded fashion accessories. In the course of the 18th century, painted and printed fan leaves displayed an increasing variety of visual motifs and artistic subject matter, while many of them also addressed contemporary political and social topics. This book studies the visual and material diversity of fans from an interdisciplinary perspective. The individual essays analyze fans in the context of the fine and applied arts, discussing the role of fans in cultures of communication and examining them as souvenir objects and vehicles for political and social messages.

European fans in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries

English; French; German

January 28, 2020

Includes bibliographical references and index.

History.