The Bloomsbury Look

The Bloomsbury Look
Wendy Hitchmough
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Hardback
h267 x 216mm - 184pg
2 Oct 2020 US
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9780300244113
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An in-depth study of how the famed Bloomsbury Group expressed their liberal philosophies and collective identity in visual form The Bloomsbury Group was a loose collective of forward-thinking writers, artists, and intellectuals in London, with Virginia Woolf, John Maynard Keynes, and E. M. Forster among its esteemed members. The group' s works and radical beliefs, spanning literature, economics, politics, and non-normative relationships, changed the course of 20th-century culture and society. Although its members resisted definition, their art and dress imparted a coherent, distinctive group identity. Drawing on unpublished photographs and extensive new research, The Bloomsbury Look is the first in-depth analysis of how the Bloomsbury Group generated and broadcast its self-fashioned aesthetic. One chapter is dedicated to photography, which was essential to the group' s visual narrative-from casual snapshots, to amateur studio portraits, to family albums. Others examine the Omega Workshops as a design center, and the evidence for its dress collections, spreading the Bloomsbury aesthetic to the general public. Finally, the book considers the group' s extensive participation in 20th-century modernism as artists, models, curators, critics, and collectors.
"[A]n in-depth look at the visual creations of the group of writers that included Virginia Woolf and EM Forster. . . features fascinating unpublished photographs. "-Martin Chilton, The Independent "[A] fascinating and wide-ranging account. . . This is a book that wears its scholarship lightly and will be enjoyed by both Bloomsbury aficionados and newcomers alike. "-Lucinda Willan, V&A Magazine "[A] fascinating study [and] beautifully illustrated with images of paintings, decorative arts and clothing designs, plus a wealth of previously unpublished photographs, the book explores the distinctive aesthetic that defines this loose collective of artists, writers and intellectuals that revolved round Vanessa Bell and her sister, Virginia Woolf. "-Victoria Marston, Country Life (Book of the Week)
Wendy Hitchmough is senior lecturer in art history at the University of Sussex and was curator at the Bloomsbury artists' home, Charleston, for over 12 years.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9780300244113
Published: 2 Oct 2020
Published In: United States
Imprint: Yale University Press
Publisher: Yale University Press
Format: Hardback
Height: 267mm
Width: 216mm
Spine: 15mm
Weight: 666g
Pages: 184

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