OSCAR WILDE AND THE

AESTHETICS MOVEMENT

The Cult of Beauty

Roughly between 1860 – 1900.

A reform impulse against the Industrial Revolution and the

Victorian style and notion of morality.

It emphasized art in the production of furniture, metalwork,

ceramics, stained glass, textiles, wallpapers, and books.

INFLUENCES

The Oriental art.

Japanesse and Chinise design of china.

Medieval times.

Symbols:

Sunflower: hopless, eternal love.

Peacock feather: beauty

SLOGAN

“Art for art´s sake.”

Art should only be art.

Art should not teach a lesson.

Art should not moralize.

Art should not be of any influence.

Art should only be beautiful!!!

INTERIORS DESIGNS

INTERIORS

INTERIORS

WALLPAPERS

WALLPAPER

FURNITURE

FURNITURE

VISUAL ARTS

Prelidection for portraits or pictures of people.

Special taste for blond and red-haired women.

Color is more important than shape.

VISUAL ARTS

VISUAL ARTS

VISUAL ARTS

BOOK ILLUSTRATIONS

ILLUSTRATIONS IN BOOKS

REACTION AGAINST