The aesthetic movement
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The aesthetic movement
Phaidon, 1996
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 234) and index
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Description
The Aesthetic Movement swept through England in the latter part of the nineteenth century, touching every sphere of the fine and decorative arts and bringing a new freedom to all aspects of design.
In architecture, the dogmatism of Gothic gave way to the charm of Queen Anne. In interiors, heavy Victorian forms were replaced by the lighter, fresher Japanese-inspired shapes; in the graphic arts, innovative methods - coupled with a new approach to form - led to the revitalization of illustration and book design.
Personified by such colourful figures as James McNeill Whistler, Oscar Wilde and Aubrey Beardsley, the movement was held together by the coherence of its philosophy and its adamant faith in elegance and richness. This beautiful and witty book will prove invaluable to enthusiasts of design and architecture and to all those intrigued by the social history of the period.
Table of Contents
- Blue and white to black and white
- the cult of Japan
- a dissonance in gold and silver
- artists and studios
- Whistler versus Ruskin - the watershed and the aftermath
- satire and aestheticism
- Oscar Wilde in America
- E.W. Godwin - "First of the Aesthetes"
- the French connection - fin de siecle
- the sleeping woman awakes
- the triumph and tragedy of the aesthetic movement.
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