In this major reinterpretation of the Victorian Aesthetic Movement, Linda Dowling argues that such classic works of Victorian art writing such as Ruskin's Stones of Venice of Morris's Lectures on Art or Wilde's Critic as Artist become wholly intelligible only within the larger ideological context of the Whig aesthetic tradition.
The Vulgarization of Art explores the tragic consequences for the Aesthetic Movement when a repressed and irresolvable conflict between Shaftesbury's assumption of ""aristocratic soul"" and the Victorian ideal of ""aesthetic democracy"" repeatedly shatters the hopes of such writers as Ruskin, Morris, Pater, and Wilde for social transformation through the aesthetic sense.
| ISBN: | 9780813916347 |
| Publication date: | 28th February 1996 |
| Author: | Linda Dowling |
| Publisher: | University of Virginia Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 133 pages |
| Series: | Victorian Literature and Culture Series |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Cultural studies Sociology History |
In this major reinterpretation of the Victorian Aesthetic Movement, Linda Dowling argues that such classic works of Victorian art writing such as Ruskin's Stones of Venice of Morris's Lectures on Art or Wilde's Critic as Artist become wholly intelligible only within the larger ideological context of the Whig aesthetic tradition.
The Vulgarization of Art explores the tragic consequences for the Aesthetic Movement when a repressed and irresolvable conflict between Shaftesbury's assumption of ""aristocratic soul"" and the Victorian ideal of ""aesthetic democracy"" repeatedly shatters the hopes of such writers as Ruskin, Morris, Pater, and Wilde for social transformation through the aesthetic sense.
The Vulgarization of Art features in the following genres: Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Cultural studies, Sociology, History
The Vulgarization of Art is available in Paperback, Hardback
The Vulgarization of Art was written by Linda Dowling and published by University of Virginia Press
The Vulgarization of Art has 133 pages
Yes it is part of Victorian Literature and Culture Series series