About this title: This book is the first to explore the distinctive role of painting in the debates surrounding the notion of 'art for art's sake' and Aestheticism in Victorian England. In the London circles of Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Frederic Leighton, this artistic problem became a shared concern: if art is not created for the sake of preaching a moral lesson, ...
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Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Yale Univ Pr
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780300135497ISBN:0300135491
Description: New. In the London circles of Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Frederic Leighton, the notion of "art for art's sake" became a shared concern: if art is not created for the sake of preaching a moral lesson, or supporting a political cause, or making a fortune, o... read more
Binding: HB
Publisher: Paul Mellon Centre
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780300135497ISBN:0300135491
Description: Fine in Fine Dustwrapepr. Includes Swinburne, Solomon, Moore, Leighton, Whistler, Rosetti, Burne-Jones, Pater etc. with fresh interpretations of their major paintings. The first book on this specific subject. The importance of the Aesthetic Movement, illustrated in colour. 265x200, 343pages. read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780300135497ISBN:0300135491
Description: New. 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 pri... read more
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Description: New. Please note that deliveries to addresses in the UK and Europe will be in 4-14 business days. Other countries should refer to Alibris standard times. In the London circles of Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Frederic Leighton, the notion of "art for art's sake" became a shared concern: if art is not created for the sake of preaching a moral lesson, or supporting a political cause, or making a fortune, or any other objective, what might art be? Art historian Elizabeth Prettejohn traces the ... read more
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