Not at Home：The Suppression of Domesticity in Modern Art and Architecture

Thenotionofdomesticity-thehome,thefamily,privacy,comfort-hasoftenbeenchallengedandridiculedbymodernistartists,architectsanddesigners.Today,aftermorethan100yearsofdispute,thedomesticisbeingre-evaluatedandreturnedtoapositionofculturalprominence,lookingbackoverthemainstreamofmodernisminanefforttotraceithiddendomesticsubcurrents.ThebookinvestigatesdomesticityinmodernartandarchitecturefromtheVictorianperioduptothepresentday.Throughtheessays,thenotionofthehomeisfreedfromstereotypesofsentimentalnostalgiaandemergesasanarenaofmodernart.