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Art for Art's Sake: Aestheticism in Victorian Painting - The Association of Human Rights Institutes series
Elizabeth Prettejohn
Art for Art's Sake: Aestheticism in Victorian Painting - The Association of Human Rights Institutes series
Elizabeth Prettejohn
Explores the distinctive role of painting in the debates surrounding the notion of 'art for art's sake' and Aestheticism in Victorian England. This book traces the emergence of the debates in 1860s and their development into 1870s, focusing on the principal protagonists of the Aesthetic Movement and their paintings.
320 pages, 85 b&w illustrations and 40 colour images
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | February 1, 2008 |
Original release date | 2007 |
ISBN13 | 9780300135497 |
Publishers | Yale University Press |
Pages | 320 |
Dimensions | 201 × 264 × 30 mm · 1.59 kg |
Language | English |
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