Main entry:

Dakers, Caroline.

Title & Author:

The Holland Park circle : artists and Victorian society / Caroline Dakers.

Publication:

New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, 1999.

Description:

vii, 303 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 278-294) and index.
1. Watts and his Early Patrons: the 1840s -- 2. Watts at Little Holland House; the Genesis of the Holland Park Circle: the 1850s -- 3. Building for Art in Kensington -- 4. Leighton, Aitchison and 2 Holland Park Road -- 5. Artist Comrades: Guns and Glees -- 6. Art and Society on Campden Hill -- 7. Howard, Webb and 1 Palace Green -- 8. The Ionides -- Patrons in Holland Park -- 9. The Aesthetic Interior -- 10. The Creation of Melbury Road: 1875 -- 11. Stone, Fildes and Shaw: 8 and 11 Melbury Road -- 12. The Thornycrofts, Burges, Hunter and Moore: 2, 9 and 14 Melbury Road and 1 Holland Lane -- 13. The Leighton Ascendancy -- 14. Prinsep, Webb and 1 Holland Park Road -- 15. The Studios of Holland Park.

Summary:

"The reign of Queen Victoria witnessed a spectacular rise in the visibility, wealth and prestige of English artists and designers. Leading this resurgence was a group of artists who established their studios in and around the new, fashionable district of London's Holland Park. This book - the first major study of the Holland Park Circle of artists, architects, and their patrons - is both an engrossing narrative of their lives, works and influence and a perceptive analysis of the subtle relationships between high Victorian taste and mercantile values."--Jacket.

ISBN:

0300081642 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780300081640 (cloth ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Watts, George Frederick, 1817-1904.
Leighton of Stretton, Frederic Leighton, Baron, 1830-1896.
Art and society England London History 19th century.
Artists Homes and haunts England London History 19th century.
Artists' studios England London History 19th century.
Art et société Angleterre Londres Histoire 19e siècle.
Artistes Résidences et lieux familiers Angleterre Londres Histoire 19e siècle.
Ateliers d'artiste Angleterre Londres Histoire 19e siècle.
Art and society.
Artists Homes and haunts.
Artists' studios.
Buildings.
Kunstenaarsgroepen.
Holland Park (London, England)
London (England) Buildings, structures, etc.
London.
England London.
England London Holland Park.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 208621
Call No.: N72.S6 D3 1999
Status: Available