Blue and white to black and white; the cult of Japan; a dissonance in gold and silver; artists and studios; Whistler versus Ruskin - the watershed and the aftermath; satire and aestheticism; Oscar Wilde in America; E.W. Godwin - "First of the Aesthetes"; the French connection - fin de siecle; the sleeping woman awakes; the triumph and tragedy of the aesthetic movement.
Lionel Lambourne was Head of Paintings at the Victoria & Albert Museum from 1986 to 1993. He has travelled widely as a curator of exhibitions throughout Great Britain, Germany and Japan. His publications include Utopian Craftsmen (1980) and Victorian Painting (1999), also published by Phaidon.
"A volume to be read for its witty prose as well as to feast on with the eyes. A delightful book about artists who placed beauty above all."—The New York Times
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