The cult of beauty
the aesthetic movement 1860-1900
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Contributions
- Victoria and Albert Museum - Contributor
- Musée d'Orsay - Contributor
- M.H. de Young Memorial Museum - Contributor
Publication
2011 - V&A Publishing, London, England
Language
English
Word Count
74,000 words, Guess
Page Count
296 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL30475699M
- ISBN-139781851776283
- ISBN-101851776281
- OCLC Control Number696727455
- OCLC Control Number774992707
and 1 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2010467719
Classifications
- DDC745
- LCCN6767.5.A3 C85 2011
Alternate Titles
- Aesthetic movement 1860-1900
Description
Summary: This book focuses on a period at the end of the nineteenth century when a group of artists, architects and designers found themselves linked by the search for a new Beauty. "The Aesthetic movement", as it came to be known, united romantic bohemians such as Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones, along with maverick figures such as James McNeill Whistler. The book brings together the finest pictures, furniture and decorative arts of this extraordinary era, setting them in the context of this glittering cast of characters. This beautiful book also reveals how artists' houses and their extravagant lifestyles became the object of public fascination. The influence of the 'Palaces of Art' created by Rossetti and Morris, Lord Leighton and others led to a widespread revolution in architecture and interior decoration, while Oscar Wilde made his name promoting the idea of 'The House Beautiful'.
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