Dimensions
250 x 290 x 30mm
Originating from the Greek, aesthetics is the name which has been given since classical times to the study of beauty and the nature of the beautiful. In the second half of the nineteenth century, fuelled by the writing of Walter Pater and Baudelaire and the art of the Pre-Raphaelites, British poets, painters, designers and architects began to turn to aesthetic concerns and to place more emphasis on ornament and on the past. The result was the Aesthetic Movement. Believing that beauty should permeate every sphere of life, the Aesthetes' rallying cry was "Art for Art's Sake".
Focusing on the designers and artists who worked both in Europe and the United States, 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. An entertaining and charming story told exceptionally well by a witty and lucid author, 'The Aesthetic Movement' will both delight and inform.
Includes colour and black-and-white illustrations.
