TY - CHAP
T1 - The Rise of the Staircase
T2 - Motion in Eighteenth-Century Dutch Domestic Architecture
AU - Schmidt, Freek
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - In the eighteenth-century homes of the Dutch elite, the indispensable but inconspicuous device of the stairs developed into a monumental, designed centrepiece of the house. This contribution considers the new open-well staircase in the broader context of the growing demand for social space, a recurring interest in French (court) culture and fashion, and a specific interest among the Dutch elite in graceful movement of the civilized human body. A closer study of architectural model books, etiquette manuals, and reflections on cultured behavior, style, elegance, and physical movement helps to explain the rise of this space-consuming element in eighteenth-century house in the Netherlands and Amsterdam in particular.
AB - In the eighteenth-century homes of the Dutch elite, the indispensable but inconspicuous device of the stairs developed into a monumental, designed centrepiece of the house. This contribution considers the new open-well staircase in the broader context of the growing demand for social space, a recurring interest in French (court) culture and fashion, and a specific interest among the Dutch elite in graceful movement of the civilized human body. A closer study of architectural model books, etiquette manuals, and reflections on cultured behavior, style, elegance, and physical movement helps to explain the rise of this space-consuming element in eighteenth-century house in the Netherlands and Amsterdam in particular.
UR - https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789463725811/early-modern-spaces-in-motion
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9789463725811
T3 - Visual and Material Culture, 1300-1700
SP - 139
EP - 162
BT - Early Modern Spaces in Motion
A2 - Skelton, Kimberley
PB - Amsterdam University Press
CY - Amsterdam
ER -