Edwardian Sense Art, Design, and Performance in Britain, 1901-1910

Klappentext Although numerous studies have explored the Edwardian period (1901-1910) as one of political and social change! this innovative book is the first to explore how art! design! and performance not only registered those changes but helped to precipitate them. While acknowledging familiar divisions between the highbrow world of aesthetic theory and the popular delights of the music hall! or between the neo-Baroque magnificence of central London and the slums of the East End! "The Edwardians "also discusses the middlebrow culture that characterizes the anonymous edge of the city. Essays are divided into three sections under the broad headings of spectacle! setting! and place! which reflect the book's focus on the visual! spatial! and geographic perspectives of the Edwardians themselves. Zusammenfassung Explores how art! design! and performance registered the changes in the Edwardian period (1901-1910) and helped to precipitate them. Acknowledging familiar divisions between the neo-Baroque magnificence of central London and the slums of the East End! this title discusses the middlebrow culture that characterizes the anonymous edge of the city.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: Morna O'neill (Editore), Michael Hatt (Editore), O'Neill Morna (Editore), Hatt Michael (Editore)
• Autori: O NEILL MORNA HATT MICHAEL, Morna Hatt O''''neill, O&apos, &apos, Morna Hatt neill, O&
• Editore: Yale University Press Ltd
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 29.06.2010
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie
• EAN: 9780300163353
• ISBN: 978-0-300-16335-3
• Numero di pagine: 336
• Serie: Yale Center for British Art; Studies in British Art; Studies in British Art; The Association of Human Rights Institutes series
• Categorie: Theory of art, ART / European, ART / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945), DESIGN / History & Criticism, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, History of Art, Art treatments & subjects, Modernism, history of design, c 1900 to c 1909