tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6716892415828794074.post3612786666721880659..comments2024-03-17T11:38:11.472+00:00Comments on British Art: AestheticismHermeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00968366076064269729noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6716892415828794074.post-49555080252564434522010-01-29T16:50:17.465+00:002010-01-29T16:50:17.465+00:00I like a lot of the work from this period / moveme...I like a lot of the work from this period / movement but would recommend:<br /><br />http://www.amazon.co.uk/Aesthetic-Movement-Lionel-Lambourne/dp/0714830003<br /><br />as a very good summary.Hermeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00968366076064269729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6716892415828794074.post-71790955247486836582010-01-28T22:18:34.615+00:002010-01-28T22:18:34.615+00:00I always have a problem with this movement, given ...I always have a problem with this movement, given the later influence of Bauhaus on us moderns. The Aesthetics thought the Arts should provide refined sensuous pleasure, INSTEAD of 1] conveying moral messages and 2] being useful. The cult of beauty looked a bit skimpy, didn't it? <br /><br />But the silliest Aesthetic thought that I could detect was their hope that life/nature would copy well-designed art, and not vice versa.<br /><br />I don't think I understood it at all. Do you have any more Aesthetic Movement art objects that might explain their beliefs better?<br /><br />many thanksHelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.com