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2. William Morris wallpaper designs - Wikipedia

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   The British literary figure and designer William Morris (1834-1896), a founder of the British Arts and Crafts Movement, was especially known for his wallpaper designs. These were created for the firm he founded with his partners in 1861, Morris, Marshall, Faulkner and Company , and later for Morris and Company .

3. Aestheticism - Wikipedia

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   Aestheticism (also known as the aesthetic movement) was an art movement in the late 19th century that valued the appearance of literature, music, fonts and the arts over their functions. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] According to Aestheticism, art should be produced to be beautiful, rather than to teach a lesson , create a parallel , or perform another didactic ...

4. Anglo-Japanese style - Wikipedia

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   The Anglo-Japanese style developed in the United Kingdom through the Victorian era and early Edwardian era from approximately 1851 to the 1910s, when a new appreciation for Japanese design and culture influenced how designers and craftspeople made British art, especially the decorative arts and architecture of England, covering a vast array of art objects including ceramics, furniture and ...

5. Victorian decorative arts - Wikipedia

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   Neo-Victorian – Aesthetic movement Pteridomania – Popular craze in late nineteenth-century United Kingdom Staffordshire dog figurine – Matching pottery pieces

6. Annandale National Historic Site - Wikipedia

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   The Aesthetic art movement has its roots in England and it swept through North America during the 1880s. It remained quite popular for just over a decade. Followers of the movement included the architect John Ruskin, the designer William Morris, the American painter James Whistler and the most vocal supporter, author and playwright Oscar Wilde. [3]

7. Symbolist painting - Wikipedia

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   All this led to the so-called "Aesthetic Movement", led by John Ruskin, who defended the dignity of craftsmanship and a conception of art aimed at beauty. Ruskin advocated a gospel of beauty , in which art is consubstantial with life, it is a basic necessity that makes human beings rise from their animal condition; rather than an embellishment ...