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Color in Residential Interiors in the First Half of the 20th Century

Anna Kostrzyńska-Miłosz
Saeculum Christianum. Historical Writings
Section: Rozprawy i Artykuły
https://doi.org/10.21697/sc.2021.28.spec.8

Abstract

Color in residential interiors shapes one’s immediate environment. Not only is the selection of respective hues influenced by personal tastes or current fashions but it is also affected by the economic development and political situation in a given country. The article discusses historically viewed reasons for the evolution of tastes with respect to color schemes in household interiors. The late 19th century was dominated by subdued hues: cold greens, violets, pinks, and whites. The caesura of WW I entirely changed people’s attitude to colors. They chose to surround themselves with= vivid bright colors: there appeared shades of red, orange, and yellow, as well as vivid navy and sky blues. One example of the changes in the modern palette in residential interiors discussed in the  paper are the designs by Andrzej Pronaszko and Włodzimierz Padlewski used in President Mościcki’s Castle in Wisła.

Keywords:

interiors’ color scheme, colored furniture, Corbusier, De Stijl, President Mościcki’s Castle in Wisła

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Kostrzyńska-Miłosz, A. (2021). Color in Residential Interiors in the First Half of the 20th Century. Saeculum Christianum. Historical Writings, (28), 94–103. https://doi.org/10.21697/sc.2021.28.spec.8

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