{"product_id":"daniel-cottier-9781913107185","title":"Daniel Cottier","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book follows the phenomenal rise of \u003cem\u003eDaniel Cottier\u003c\/em\u003e (1838–91) from an apprentice coach painter in Glasgow to the founder of Cottier \u0026amp; Co., a fine and decorative arts business with branches on three continents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis gifted designer and brilliant art entrepreneur keenly spotted one of the key aspects of late 19th-century bourgeois culture—its focus on family, home, and church—and seized the artistic and commercial opportunities of the building and decorating boom that it brought about.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCottier was a proponent of Aestheticism, an international trend in the history of culture, art, and design from about 1860 to 1900: he understood the era’s desire for beauty and realized the economic possibilities of its commoditization.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBeyond biography, therefore, this book illuminates a significant event of late 19th-century cultural history—Aestheticism’s cult of beauty meeting with the bourgeoisie’s financial ability to possess it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47462769000684,"sku":"9781913107185","price":95.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781913107185-daniel-cottier.jpg?v=1775023238","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/daniel-cottier-9781913107185","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}