Trumpâs design aesthetic is fascinatingly out of line with Americaâs past and present. If you doubt it, note that the interiors of the apartments his company actually sells bear no resemblance to the one he lives in. But that doesnât mean his taste comes from nowhere. At one level, itâs aspirational, meant to project the wealth so many citizens can only dream of. But it also has important parallelsânot with Italian Renaissance or French baroque, where its flourishes come from, but with something more recent. The best aesthetic descriptor of Trumpâs look, Iâd argue, is dictator style.
A decade ago, I …read more
Source: European Voice