19世纪，美学运动崇尚品味、追求美和自我表达，而不是道德期望和约束性的顺从。 这本富有启发性的出版物探讨了在这一独特的历史时刻所创作的艺术作品的产生和流通。本书探讨了这种风格的具体艺术作品是如何被创作、收藏和交换的，它超越了美学绘画和设计仅仅是装饰性的观念。相反，詹姆斯·麦克尼尔·惠斯勒（James McNeill Whistler）、爱德华·伯恩-琼斯（Edward Burne-Jones）、阿尔伯特·摩尔（Albert Moore）等人的作品为他们的制作者和观众提供了进一步参与周围快速变化的世界的途径。这本多元化、发人深省的研究报告以一个全新的视角看待艺术生产的模式，将其与那个时代不断扩张的视觉文化和促进其发展的技术进步联系起来。在一个以日益增长的联系为特征的时期，本书展示了大西洋两岸的美学运动艺术是如何融入日益扩大的全球网络的。A thought-provoking look at Aesthetic painting and its relationship to the changing technological landscape

In the 19th century, the Aesthetic movement exalted taste, the pursuit of beauty, and self-

expression over moral expectations and restrictive conformity.   This illuminating publication examines the production and circulation of artworks made during this unique historical moment. Looking at how specific works of art in this style were created, collected, and exchanged, the book pushes beyond the notion of Aesthetic painting and design as being merely decorative. Instead, work by James McNeill Whistler, Edward Burne-Jones, Albert Moore, and others is shown to have offered their makers and viewers a means of further engaging with the rapidly changing world around them. This multifaceted and thought-

provoking study provides a radical new perspective on a mode of artistic production, linking it to the era’s expanding visual culture and the technological advancements that contributed to it. In a period marked by increasing connectivity, this book shows how art of the Aesthetic movement on both sides of the Atlantic figured into growing global networks.