The Cult of Beauty The Victorian Avant-Garde, 1860-1900 |
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| Editor:
| Calloway, Stephen
Orr, Lynn Federle |
| ISBN: | 978-1-85177-628-3 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2012 |
| Publisher: | V&A Publishing
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $65.00 |
Book Description:
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The Aesthetic Movement, as it came to be known, united romantic bohemians, such as Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones,with maverick figures, like James McNeillWhistler. The Cult of Beauty 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...
More DescriptionThe Aesthetic Movement, as it came to be known, united romantic bohemians, such as Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones,with maverick figures, like James McNeillWhistler. The Cult of Beauty 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'.