Beauty, morality and aesthetics in Oscar Wilde's England
Out of the myriad styles and theories influencing art, poetry, architecture and the decorative arts in mid 19th century England there arose a revolutionary artistic movement. Its aim was to escape the ugliness and utilitarian doctrine of the time by creating a new ideal of beauty. For Oscar Wilde, Beardsley, Rossetti, Burne-Jones, Morris, Whistler, beauty became their watchword, and dictated a new social model where the ornamental became essential. The exhibition retraces artists, poets and their muses, designers, aesthetes and art collectors in their exuberant quest for beauty, through a collection of the movement's finest paintings, fine art, décor and furnishings, and interior design.
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