The aesthetic movement

Joanna Hiffernan’s relationship with Whistler ran deeper than artist and muse. In this rich exhibition we explore her life and role as a friend, model, lover and collaborator.

He famously said: “Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.”

This exhibition explores aestheticism – an artistic movement that sought to escape the ugliness and materialism of the Victorian era by creating a new kind of art and beauty

The Arts and Crafts movement was an international movement in the decorative and fine arts that began in Britain and flourished in Europe and North America between 1880 and 1910, emerging in Japan in the 1920s. It stood for traditional craftsmanship using simple forms, and often used medieval, roman

Learn everything you need to know about the exciting Futurism movement. Explore Futurism's historical foundations, the characteristics of the style, its major influences, and much more!

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Iris motifs were popular during the Arts & Crafts movement.

Check out the Eastman House’s photostream, now on flickr. My favorites are the autochromes. Cowgirl, ca. 1910 FYI: Photography’s earliest practitioners dreamed of finding a method for reproducing the world around them in color. Some nineteenth-century photographers experimented with chemical formulations aimed at producing color images by direct exposure, while others applied paints and powders […]