![]() ![]() Their first great Continental exponent was the brilliant and neglected painter of the fantastic, Gustave Moreau their most obvious expression was Art Nouveau, a style closely interwoven with sinuous and half-unconscious eroticism. The roots of these Decadents were to be found in the poetic visions of the English Pre-Raphaelites of the 18505. ![]() ![]() While public attention was preoccupied with the Impressionists, many painters were reacting in a totally different way to the grim horrors of the new industrial society around them. Includes: Black & white photographs (within the text) Colour plates įrom the cover: “There have been few movements in the history of Western art as strange as that of the Decadents of the late nineteenth century. The pages clean and bright notwithstanding the limited age-toning.Ģnd edition, first published 1971. A little age-toning to the edges of the text block. Dreamers of Decadence: Symbolist Painters of the 1890s - Philippe JullianLondon: Phaidon Press, 1974, Paperback.Ĭondition: Good. ![]()
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