The Aesthetic Movement 1860–1900

Cult of Beauty: The Aesthetic Movement 1860-1900 was the first major exhibition dedicated to Aestheticism. It highlighted the spectacular work produced by the artists, designers and architects of the late 19th-century, including James McNeill Whistler, William Morris and Thomas Jeckyll.

Lead curator Stephen Calloway and other experts lead us through 'A world of beauty, flamboyance and faint danger ...' via the work of Sir Edward Burne-Jones, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Oscar Wilde. #AntiqueMasterpieces

This film was originally created for the Cult of Beauty: The Aesthetic Movement 1860-1900 exhibition on display 2 April – 17 July 2011.