O. Wilde and his context.

1. OSCAR WILDE AND THE
AESTHETICS MOVEMENT
The Cult of Beauty

2.  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.

3. INFLUENCES
 The Oriental art.
 Japanesse and Chinise design of china.
 Medieval times.
Symbols:
 Sunflower: hopless, eternal love.
 Peacock feather: beauty

4. 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!!!

5. INTERIORS DESIGNS

6. INTERIORS

7. INTERIORS

8. WALLPAPERS

9. WALLPAPER

10. FURNITURE

11. FURNITURE

12. VISUAL ARTS
 Prelidection for portraits or pictures of people.
 Special taste for blond and red-haired women.
 Color is more important than shape.

13. VISUAL ARTS

14. VISUAL ARTS

15. VISUAL ARTS

16. BOOK ILLUSTRATIONS

17. ILLUSTRATIONS IN BOOKS

18. REACTION AGAINST