Aestheticism
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Aestheticism was an art movement in the late 19th century that valued the appearance of literature, music, fonts, and the arts over their functions. According to Aestheticism, art should be produced t
The Peacock Room, designed in the Anglo-Japanese style by James Abbott McNeill Whistler and Edward Godwin, one of the most famous and comprehensive examples of Aesthetic interior design
Canaries by Albert Joseph Moore, ca. 1875–1880. Moore was among a group of artists whose work was exhibited at the Grosvenor Gallery in London.
“Lady Lilith” by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Aesthetic Brass Table by Bradley & Hubbard Company (see A Brass Menagerie, Metalwork of the Aesthetic Movement)
Walter Pater
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Walter Horatio Pater was an English essayist, art and literary critic, and fiction writer, regarded as one of the great stylists. His first and most often reprinted book, Studies in the History of the
Aestheticism
…in the slogan "art for art's sake". Aestheticism flourished, in the 1870s and 1880s, gaining prominence and the support of notable writers, such as Walter Pater and Oscar Wilde. Those seen as guided by the movement were known as Aesthetes. Aestheticism challenged the values of mainstream Victorian culture, as…
Pater in the 1890s (photograph by Elliott & Fry)
Pater as a young don at Brasenose
Walter Pater lived at 2 Bradmore Road in North Oxford (the right-hand house with a blue plaque) between 1869 and 1885 with his sisters, including Clara Pater, a pioneer of women's education.
Plaque at 2 Bradmore Road, Oxford