| The Edwardian Sense: Art, Design, and Performance in Britain, 1901-1910 Contributor(s): O'Neill, Morna (Editor), Hatt, Michael (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0300163355 ISBN-13: 9780300163353 Publisher: Yc British Art OUR PRICE: $64.35 Product Type: Hardcover Published: June 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | European - Art | History - Modern (late 19th Century To 1945) - Performing Arts | Theater - History & Criticism |
| Dewey: 700.941 |
| LCCN: 2009040170 |
| Series: Studies in British Art |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 7.4" W x 10.2" (2.40 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 Edwardian Sense 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. |
