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Aesthetic Movement

The aesthetic movement laid the groundwork for today’s design. We often think of Victorian decoration in terms of heavily carved furniture, rich opulent fabrics, overstuffed rooms with great gilt mirror and picture frames. While this sort of design may have been the goal of the majority, the most high-style interior design movement, which occupied the leaders in the arts between 1870 – 1900 was the aesthetic movement. This movement was the forerunner and nurturer of Art Nouveau. The theme of the aesthetic movement as expressed within ‘interior design’ was based on the use of subdued colours – dull greens, dull blue and a sort of khaki.

Aestheticism 19th-century art movement

On: January 26, 2021

Tagged: Aesthetic Movement, art term

Aestheticism describes the European art movement of the late 19th century. It is centred on the doctrine that art exists alone for the sake of its beauty and that it does not have to serve any political, didactic or another purpose.

Aestheticism is diametrically opposite to the moralist belief, the belief that moralism (and everything else) should be the handmaiden of art instead of art (and everything else) being the handmaiden of morality.Read More →

Aestheticism and decadence – The British Library

On: June 10, 2018

Tagged: Aesthetic Movement

‘Art for art’s sake’? Aestheticism and decadence shocked the Victorian establishment by challenging traditional values, foregrounding sensuality and promoting artistic, sexual and political experimentation. Dr Carolyn Burdett explores the key features of this unconventional artistic period. Source: Aestheticism and decadence – The British LibraryRead More →

The Aesthetic Movement & England’s Beautiful Cult of its Own

On: June 1, 2018

Tagged: Aesthetic Movement

The Aesthetic Movement during the last half of the nineteenth century in England would become enormously influential. It drove a whole generation forward to create a new kind of art, one that filled the next half century with both beautiful, and thought provoking works. Source: The Aesthetic Movement – England’sRead More →