tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15916138.post4855484242292451117..comments2023-09-25T05:45:41.437-07:00Comments on The Art of Fiction: The Cult of BeautyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15916138.post-60615408392369190062011-09-30T04:39:42.010-07:002011-09-30T04:39:42.010-07:00Yes, saw the show, and paid good money to read the...Yes, saw the show, and paid good money to read the bad book. Even the V&A was unable to showcase pictorial art only and included wonderful examples of decorative design. This superficial and fine art-based interpretation might have passed as adequate in the 1940's - but did not include the decorative arts, which many now considere to be in well in advance of the Fine Arts.cimabue brownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15916138.post-13978022692807503882011-07-16T02:59:01.293-07:002011-07-16T02:59:01.293-07:00Have you seen the show? I think it does give quite...Have you seen the show? I think it does give quite a lot of focus to design as well as fine art. I wrote mainly about the fine art, as that's more my interest. I actually felt that the exhibition failed to rehabilitate "art for arts sake" (i that was its aim, PRB aside, the artists were simply not good enough) but made a good case for the influence of the design of that period over the next century.Adrian Slatcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13946068316432524571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15916138.post-4441156959884000722011-07-16T01:39:30.410-07:002011-07-16T01:39:30.410-07:00The V&A is, as you note, a very appropriate ex...The V&A is, as you note, a very appropriate exhibition venue - for decorative art - as that is its origin, a museum of manufactures attached to the School of Design (the Royal Academy School taught Fine Art). Haven't you noticed that you have hardly touched upon the Decorative Arts, and have followed the Fine Art bias of the exhibition? Or that Art for Art's Sake cannot apply to Decorative Art because it has use or function as its primary concern? This is the reverse of the V&A's history - a betrayal. The interpretation-sex, scandal and depravity- might bring in paying visitors but the history of British Design reform will be warped for years to come. Pathetic Movement, or Nincompoopiana would be a better title.cimabue brownnoreply@blogger.com