Reed, John R.
Decadent Style
- ISBN 13:
- 9780821407936
- author:
- Reed, John R.
- format:
- HardBack
- publisher:
- Ohio University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 1985
- Pages:
- 284
- Dimensions:
- 23.7 x 15.93 x 2.39 centimetres
- Genre:
- Arts & Photography, Art, General
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Decadent Style explores the art and literature of late 19th-century Europe, examining the key characteristics of "decadent style" and its relationship to other artistic movements. John Reed identifies essential features of this style, including sensory provocation and philosophical assumptions of inevitable frustration. Reed's study draws on a wide range of sources, including literature, music, and visual arts from England and Europe at the end of the 19th century. He relates decadent style to Pre-Raphaelite and Naturalist preoccupation with detail, as well as aesthetic and Symbolist fascination with sensibility and idealism. Ultimately, Reed argues that decadent style is a late stage of Romanticism, overshadowed by Symbolism but anticipating some key traits of Modernism.
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