Overview

In a world that is obsessed with luxury, critical luxury studies is a rapidly emerging field. This is the first book to explore the interplay between the real and imaginary realms of luxury, considering the most significant developments in the theories and practices of luxurious places and spaces over the last fifty years. Providing a critical approach to contemporary interpretations of luxury, the book interrogates the distinction between real places and imaginary spaces. Bringing together an interdisciplinary group of leading scholars, it features a range of case studies which take the reader from the Rolls-Royce Ghost Black Badge to expressions of sensuality in the 1970s domestic interior, and global conceptions of fine wine and art. The Third Realm of Luxury considers the interplay between luxury and space in both the past and the present, examining the abstract conception of excess and exoticism, as well as the real locations of the home, hotel, apartment, and palace. Full of original research, it is a key contribution to the study of consumption, design, fashion, and architecture.

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Author:   Joanne Roberts (Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton, UK) ,  John Armitage (Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Weight:   0.318kg
ISBN:  

9781350238121

ISBN 10:   1350238120
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   29 July 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations List of Tables Acknowledgments Notes on Contributors 1 The third realm of luxury: Conceptualizing the connections between real places and imaginary spaces Joanne Roberts and John Armitage 2 Being luxurious: On the Rolls-Royce Ghost Black Badge and beyond John Armitage 3 The architecture of authoritarian luxury Mark Featherstone 4 Inhabiting luxury spaces Verena Andermatt Conley 5 A touch of the exotic: Sensuality as luxury in the 1970s’ domestic interior Jo Turney 6 The emptying of the interior: Luxury, space, and the hotel effect in contemporary life Peter McNeil 7 “The Collective”: Luxury in lounge space Samuel Austin and Adam Sharr 8 “The third realm of luxury” as I experienced it in the legacies of Getty and the Rockefellers: Elite enclosure, “as far as the eye can see . . .” George E. Marcus 9 Secret spaces of luxury: Ignorance, free ports, and art Joanne Roberts 10 Of space and time in California wine Ian Malcolm Taplin Notes References Index

Reviews

With originality and insight, this book reveals luxury spaces in a far-reaching discussion of consumer imagination. A must-read for scholars and practitioners! * Annamma Joy, University of British Columbia, Canada * This tightly edited collection approaches new as well as established forms of luxury. Full of excellent conceptual insights, this brilliant book is indispensable. * Veronique Pouillard, University of Oslo, Norway * Nowadays, luxury plays a relevant role in shaping urban identities, linking international trends and local contexts. The book explores the influence of luxury on the perception of a set of spaces, on the behaviors of their inhabitants and on the transformation of several cities. * Mario Paris, Politecnico di Milano, Italy *

The Third Realm of Luxury is a smart book ... [It] sheds light on current aspects of design that have been central to luxury studies, such as boutiquization, where surface strikingly becomes more important than function, and democratization, where luxury putatively becomes more available to the masses. * Journal of Design History * With originality and insight, this book reveals luxury spaces in a far-reaching discussion of consumer imagination. A must-read for scholars and practitioners! * Annamma Joy, University of British Columbia, Canada * This tightly edited collection approaches new as well as established forms of luxury. Full of excellent conceptual insights, this brilliant book is indispensable. * Veronique Pouillard, University of Oslo, Norway * Nowadays, luxury plays a relevant role in shaping urban identities, linking international trends and local contexts. The book explores the influence of luxury on the perception of a set of spaces, on the behaviors of their inhabitants and on the transformation of several cities. * Mario Paris, Politecnico di Milano, Italy *

Author Information

Joanne Roberts is Professor in Arts and Cultural Management and co-director of the Winchester Luxury Research Group at Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton, UK. John Armitage is Professor of Media Arts and co-director of the Winchester Luxury Research Group at Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton, UK.

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