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Terms and conditions applyIs Mr Ruskin Living Too Long?: Selected Writings of E.W. Godwin on Victorian Architecture, Design and Culture
Juliet Kinchin, Paul Stirton
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Format: Book
Pages: 416
Publisher: White Cockade Publishing
Date Published: Sep 2005
Stock Code: 55528
Binding: Paperback
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This selection presents some of Godwin's most sustained explorations of architectural style, as well as his views on interior decoration, Japanese design and art manufactures. Alongside these, however, Godwin was increasingly drawn to other aspects of modern life, notably the theatre and dress reform, on which he wrote at length as art forms equal to painting, sculpture and architecture. This free ranging over different fields made him one of the most original and thoughtful critics of Victorian culture in the broadest sense, responding to the rich variety of new experience and interests of the age. As an independent, he could give full rein to his opinions, castigating tendencies which he regarded as 'Philistine' and attacking the individuals whom he felt were acting in bad faith.
The book gives direct access to the values of progressive Aesthetic circles. The anthology is organised into15 chapters covering themes such as the architectural profession, the problem of style, interior decoration, travel, and the 'sister arts'. Each chapter is accompanied by an introductory essay and notes explaining the context of Godwin's criticism and the significance of each piece for the debates of the age. With an introductory essay on Victorian criticism and the rise of the new magazines, a complete bibliography of Godwin's writings and concise biographies of the figures and organisations referred to in the text this is an essential source book for the period. The book will be of interest to historians of architecture, design and art, as well as those studying theatre, dress and taste in the later 19th century.
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