Main entry:

Gere, Charlotte, author.

Title & Author:

The house beautiful : Oscar Wilde and the aesthetic interior / Charlotte Gere with Lesley Hoskins.

Publication:

London : Lund Humphries in association with the Gefrye Museum, 2000.

Description:

144 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm

Notes:
Exhibition held at the Geffrye Museum, July 18, 2000-Jan. 21, 2001.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 138-141) and index.
Introduction / David Dewing -- 1. The Education of an Aesthete. Wilde's Early Life. Wilde at Oxford. The Grosvenor Gallery. Wilde and London Society -- 2. The Origins of the Aesthetic Movement. Design Reform. The Influence of Morris. The Discovery of Japan -- 3. Artistic Circles. Palaces of Art in Kensington. Bohemian Chelsea -- 4. The Art of Decoration. Manuals of Instruction. Wilde's Lecture Tours -- 5. Wilde's 'House Beautiful' -- 6. The Aesthetic Interior. Defining the style: 'Artistic' versus 'Aesthetic'. The middle-class house and household. Walls, ceilings and woodwork. Floors. Chimney pieces. Furniture. Textiles. Lighting. Ornaments and pictures. Postscript.

Summary:

Celebrating Wilde's association with the Aesthetic Movement, this book offers a comprehensive account of the aesthetic interior across late-nineteenth-century British and American society. It traces the artists, architects and designers Wilde admired, and the houses and interiors he was influenced by.

Resources:
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0853318182
9780853318187
187282806X
9781872828060

Subject:

Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900 Influence Exhibitions.
Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900.
Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900 Influence Expositions.
Wilde, Oscar, (1854-1900) Influence Catalogues d'exposition.
Interior decoration Great Britain History 19th century Exhibitions.
Aesthetic movement (Art) Great Britain Exhibitions.
Décoration intérieure Grande-Bretagne Histoire 19e siècle Expositions.
Esthétisme (Art britannique) Expositions.
Esthétisme (Art) Grande-Bretagne Expositions.
Aesthetic movement (Art)
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Interior decoration.
Interieurs.
The Aesthetic Movement.
Décoration intérieure Grande-Bretagne 19e siècle Catalogues d'exposition.
Décoration intérieure Grande-Bretagne 20e siècle Catalogues d'exposition.
Décoration intérieure Grande-Bretagne 19e siècle.
Esthétisme (mouvement artistique) Catalogues d'exposition.
Londres Expositions 2000-2001.
Great Britain.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogs.
exhibition catalogs.
History.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Oscar Wilde and the aesthetic interior

Holdings:

Location: Library main 212890
Call No.: N6767.5.A3 G4 2000
Status: Available