The Cult of Beauty: The Victorian Avant-Garde 1860-1900
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| Rating | : | 4.69 (910 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 185177694X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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She choreographs the Legion’s permanent collection galleries, as well as exhibitions. Stephen Calloway is curator of prints at the V&A. He curated Aubrey Beardsley and edited the accompanying book and his many publications include Twentieth-Century Decoration and Baroque, Baroque: The Culture of Excess.. About the AuthorLynn Federle Orr is curator in charge of European art at the Legion of Honor, showcasing the European collections of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisc
The Cult of Beauty 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 anew Beauty. 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.”Praise for The Cult of Beauty:“This companion volume will surely prove a classic in the field The book offers a finely written in-depth discussion for newcomers to this complex field, while those with a longstanding interest will find a fresh curatorial point of view that places these related works in a new historical context.”—The Magazine Antiques. 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 McNeill Whistler. 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
He curated Aubrey Beardsley and edited the accompanying book and his many publications include Twentieth-Century Decoration and Baroque, Baroque: The Culture of Excess.. She choreographs the Legion’s permanent collection galleries, as well as exhibitions. Lynn Federle Orr is curator in charge of European art at the Legion of Honor, showcasing the Euro
Gia Bell said Excellent overview of the aesthetic movement in Victorian England. This book contains an impressive collection of paintings (highlights include some rarely seen works by G.F. Watts and John Millais), sculpture, illustration, furniture, jewelry and decorative arts of all types produced during the height of the British decadent/symbolist/Pre-Raphaelite period.. Saralee Etter said Beautiful to look at, great introduction to Victorian art. Beautiful book, with lovely articles that address all different facets of Victorian art -- the Pre-Raphaelites, the Aesthetics, and related movements that affected the Victorian (and Edwardian) concepts of beauty and beautiful living.It's a big, attractive book and the color plates are gorgeous. The chapters are short, lively and interesting, connecting different threads of art and criticism and pointing toward their effect on popular culture of the day.As a point of entry for research on Victorian attitudes toward art and culture, it's a wonderful resource.. you will thoroughly enjoy this ravishingly illustrated volume and the detailed text of Ken B If you are a devotee of this period of art, you will thoroughly enjoy this ravishingly illustrated volume and the detailed text of the era and the artists. Captures the focus on beauty and the relationships between the artists of the era.