Fans E-Book

Alexander F. Tcherviakov

• Herausgeber: Parkstone International
• Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 72

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2022

Beschreibung

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.

Leseprobe

Alexander F. Tcherviakov

© 2014, Confidential Concepts, Worldwide, USA

© 2014, Parkstone Press USA, New York

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All rights reserved. No part of this may be reproduced or adapted without the permission of the copyright holder, throughout the world.

Unless otherwise specified, copyright on the works reproduced lies with the respective photographers. Despite intensive research, it has not always been possible to establish copyright ownership. Where this is the case, we would appreciate notification.

ISBN: 978-1-78160-820-3

Contents

The Language of the Fan in the Eighteenth Century

The Language of the Fan in the Nineteenth Century

Fans in Russia

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

A

Abigail Facing David, Single-leaf fan

Amusements in the Park, Double-leaf fan

Art Nouveau Fan

Art Nouveau Fan

Art Nouveau Fan, Double-leaf fan

B

Blaise and Babette, Theater screen

C

Children’s Games, Single-leaf fan

Cupid near an Altar, Single-leaf fan

D

Dance with a Drum

Dawn, Double-leaf fan, decorated on both sides

E

Family Scene

Family Scene. Single-leaf fan

Fan representing a bouquet of flowers

Fan representing an urban landscape with a river

Fireplace screen

Fireplace screen

Flowered lace fan, with embroidery of flowers

G

Gallant Scene in the Park

Gallant Scene in the Park, Double-leaf fan decorated on both sides

Gallant Scene in the Park, Single-leaf fan

Gallant Scene with Cupids, Single-leaf fan

Gallant Scene, Single-leaf fan

Gallant Scenes

Gallant Scenes in the Park, Double-leaf fan

Group in a Park, Double-leaf fan decorated on both sides

L

Lace fan

Lace fan representing flying Cupids

M

Marriage fan, Double-leaf fan decorated on both sides

P

Poucelina, Single-leaf fan

R

Renaud and Armidia, Double-leaf fan, decorated on both sides

S

Single-leaf fan in painted silk

Single-leaf fan representing a couple feeding the pigeons

Single-leaf fan with a lace sheet

Single-leaf satin fan painted with flowers and carrying the inscription: “souvenir”

Single-leaf satin fan representing a bouquet

Single-leaf sheet with a blue silk sheet

Stage fan of the actrice N.V. Petrova of the Marie Theater in St Petersburg

T

Tartuffe. Theater screen

The Altar of Love. Double-leaf fan, decorated on both sides

The Bird Catchers in Love, Single-leaf fan

The Birth of Venus. Double-leaf fan, decorated on both sides

The Bullfight

The Bullfight Souvenir fan

The Bullfight, Double-leaf fan decorated on both sides

The Concert

The Concert, Double-leaf fan decorated on both sides

The Coronation, Single-leaf fan

The Flight of Juno, Single-leaf fan

The Marriage of Figaro

The Marriage of Figaro. Theater screen

The Pantheon. Single-leaf fan with three cartels

The Reception at the Lord’s House

The Reception at the Lord’s House, Double-leaf fan decorated on both sides

The Reception with the Doge of Venice, Reverse of the double-leaf fan

The Rendezvous

The Rendezvous in the Park, Double-leaf fan, decorated on both sides with three cartels

The Rendezvous, Single-leaf fan

The Rendezvous, Single-leaf fan

The Rendezvous, Single-leaf fan

The Rendezvous. Double-leaf fan, decorated on both sides

The Rendezvous. Single-leaf fan

The Right of the Lord, Theater screen

The Ruins of the Antique Temple. Single-leaf fan

The Rural Marriage, Double-leaf fan decorated on both sides by B. Slavinski

The Toilet of Diana

The Toilet of Diana. Double-leaf fan, decorated on both sides

The Victory of Amphitrite Double-leaf fan decorated on both sides and accompanied by a case covered with velvet

The Wine Harvest, Reverse of a double-leaf fan, decorated on both sides

The Young Girl and the Doves, Single-leaf fan

The Young Sirens

The Young Sirens, Double-leaf fan decorated on both sides

U

Untitled

Untitled

Untitled

Untitled

Untitled, Double-leaf fan

Untitled, Double-leaf fan

Untitled, Double-leaf fan decorated on both sides

Untitled, Double-leaf fan decorated on both sides with three cartels

Untitled, Double-leaf fan painted in the “chinoiserie” style

Untitled, Double-leaf fan with a painting in ink

Untitled, Double-leaf fan, decorated on both sides with three painted cartels

Untitled, Double-leaf fan, decorated on both sides, representing allegorical scenes

Untitled, Double-leaf fan, decorated on both sides, representing a pastoral scene

Untitled, Double-leaf wedding fan decorated on both sides

Untitled, Fan in the form of a pliable screen

Untitled, Fan with a frame in carved bone with openwork embroidery

Untitled, Fan with a frame in tortoise shell

Untitled, Fan with a sheet of blue feathers

Untitled, Fan with a sheet of goose feathers

Untitled, Fan with a sheet of silk and lace

Untitled, Lace fan

Untitled, Screen fan with a handle case

Untitled, Screen in mica representing two female figures

Untitled, Single-leaf fan

Untitled, Single-leaf fan

Untitled, Single-leaf fan with a silk sheet, set with sequins

Untitled, Single-leaf fan with three painted cartels

Untitled. Black silk lace fan

Untitled. Double-leaf fan decorated on both sides, representing a group of musicians

Untitled. Double-leaf fan with a painting in ink

Untitled. Double-leaf wedding fan decorated on both sides

Untitled. Double-leave fan, decorated on both sides with three cartels

Untitled. Fan in the form of a screen

Untitled. Fan with a frame of engraved bone

Untitled. Fan with a painted black sheet

Untitled. Fan with a painted sheet

Untitled. Fan with a satin sheet

Untitled. Fan with a sheet of white ostrich feathers

Untitled. Satin fan embroidered with a representation of flowers and butterflies

Untitled. Single-leaf fan

Untitled. Single-leaf fan

Untitled. Single-leaf fan decorated with three cartels in the style of the frescoes of Pompeii

Untitled. Single-leaf fan painted in the style of Pompeii and presented in three cartels

Untitled. Single-leaf fan representing a gallant scene

Untitled. Single-leaf fan representing a group of musicians

Untitled. Single-leaf fan representing a landscape with a waterfall

Untitled. Single-leaf fan with ornamental motifs

V

Venus and Aurora, Double-leaf fan, decorated on both sides

W

Werther. Single-leaf fan with three cartels

“My body is but composed of long bones,

And I had all the time but skin on the bones,

I shine in company, and without any rest,

The Language of the Fan in the Eighteenth Century

To yawn behind one’s fan: Go away, you bore me.

To lift the fan towards the right shoulder: I hate you.

To lower the closed fan towards the floor: I scorn you, I despise you.

To lightly touch the closed fan to one’s right eye: When shall I see you?

To signal towards oneself with the fan closed: I always want to be with you.

To threaten with the fan closed: Do not be too bold, audacious.

To raise the fan with the right hand: Are you faithful to me?

To hide the eyes behind one’s fan: I love you.

To offer a fan: You please me very much.

To conceal one’s left ear with the closed fan: Do not disclose our secret.

To hold the fan over one’s heart: I am yours for life.

To slowly close one’s fan: I agree completely, I accept all that you say.

V. Pokrovski: Elegance in the Satirical Literature of the Eighteenth Century, p.43 Moscow, 1903.

The Language of the Fan in the Nineteenth Century

To completely open one’s fan: I am thinking it over.

To place one’s hand over the heart while holding the fan open in front of the eyes: I love you.

To indicate the floor near oneself with the fan: Come close to me.

To press the open fan with both hands against one’s breast while slowly lifting the eyes: I humbly request forgiveness.

To lightly touch one’s mouth repeatedly with the closed fan: Could I speak with you in private?

To completely open one’s fan and wave it in the direction of one’s interlocutor: I would hope to always be with you.

To look at one’s closed fan: I think of you all the time.

To hold lightly with the left hand the closed fan over one’s heart: Are you faithful to me?

The number of unopened blades indicates the time of a rendezvous: At the agreed hour.

To turn the inside face of the fan towards one’s interlocutor: I shall not be able to come.

To move the end of the fan on the palm of one’s hand, as if writing a letter: I will let you know by mail.

To wave away one’s interlocutor with the closed fan: I do not like you.

To direct the open fan towards the floor: I despise you.

To open and close the fan repeatedly: You are too bold, audacious.

To angrily close the fan and turn it feverishly in one’s hand: I am angry with you.

To press one’s chin against the closed fan: I am sulking.

To write with the finger on the outside of the fan: Let me know by mail.

To look at one’s open fan while rocking the head from side to side: You do not want to know me at all.

To turn with the right hand the end of the closed fan held in the left hand: