Taste
Subtitle: the secret meaning of things
By: Stephen Bayley
Edition: Revised and expanded edition.
Publisher: Circa Press
Published: 2017
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781911422068
Subjects: Aesthetics
Description: How do we define 'taste'? The only certainty is that it shifts and changes - sometimes abruptly. With the explosion of vulgar consumerism in the mid-19th century, the Victorians seized upon the notion of 'good taste' as a way of codifying middle-class mores. A century later, to talk about taste had become almost taboo, since judgments made about dress, manners, food and art can often be painfully revealing. And today? When this classic text was first published in 1991, Stephen Bayley illuminated the nuances and niceties of our mercurial understanding of taste. In this new edition, he ranges far and wide to bring us exquisitely up to date.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 281) and index.