Artistic circles
Subtitle: design & decoration in the aesthetic movement
By: Charlotte Gere
Contributors: Victoria and Albert Museum
Publisher: V&A Pub.; Distributed in North America by Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781851776023
Subjects: Art and society; Homes and haunts; Aesthetic movement (Art); Artists; Interior decoration; Decorative arts; History
Notes: Book shows many of the V&A's own collection.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-233) and index.
Table of contents: title: Princes of Bohemia: the art world and Victorian society; title: The Victorian artist's house: art and architecture; title: Amateurs and aesthetes: patronage and the aesthetic milieu: artistic decoration and dress; title: The houses and their owners. George Frederic Watts, Frederic Leighton and the Holland Park Colony in Kensington ; William Morris and the "palace of art": Red House and the two Kelmscotts ; Dante Gabriel Rossetti, James McNeill Whistler and others in Chelsea ; Edward Burne-Jones at The Grange in Fulham ; Regent's Park and St John's Wood: Lawrence Alma-Tadema, James Tissot and friends ; "Sweet Hampstead": northern retreat; title: Afterword: a summary and three case histories. Little Holland House, 6 Melbury Road, Kensington ; Alma-Tadema's house, 17 Grove End Road, St John's Wood ; The Magpie and Stump, 37 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea.