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Thursday, September 6th, 2007 at 10:07 pm

Inland Victoria

The reign of Queen Victoria, between 1837 and 1901 were years of industrial development was a time of great transformation social, economic and value system changes in society. Many of the inventions made a principle of energy, agriculture, textiles, iron industry or transport revolutions. New technologies such as artificial light, telephone, iron and stained glass gave rise to many plants, factories, warehouses or small shops. The capitalization of the company, the reclassification and the birth of the new class, known as middle class or bourgeoisie (upper class), increased demand for goods and mechanisations from many sectors of the industry made the production on a massive scale and relatively inexpensive. Dynamism of the transition was stimulated by the occurrence of some political and cultural events, such as the Universal Exhibition in 1851, which was a manifestation of the Industrial Revolution in 19th century England.

The above events and popularize new form of life, richer and more fashionable by common cultural newspapers and magazines had great impact on the area of home decor. Followed by mass production of interior fabrics, many of them lacked taste, because most factories were owned by traders not by the artist. Reminiscent of earlier styles in art as neoclassicism or Greek - Renaissance, gave a start of the next styles revivals such as Gothic, Renaissance, Rococo and others. So now, the decoration of art not only became very common, but was also influenced by the Most of the previous styles aggravated by Eastern, Japanese and Chinese elements. It was a feather in the cap of the Victorian era, the elegance of multiple, called eclectic it was a Victorian style.

Typical Victorian house was very orderly and strictly in divisions of public or private space, but without doubt the most important there was a formal room in which citizens had lead rich social life indolent. At a glance inside Victoria was messy, heavy ornaments, decorated with colors more dark. The favorite colors were rich and ruby red, forest green, purple, blue and dark gray for the stair halls, corridors or lobbies. According to contemporary theory of colors, the colors used by analogy of laying colors side by side on the color wheel or in contrast with the colors on the front a color wheel. Sometimes, changes in country of pastel colors, Victorian style used as pinks, pale greens, peaches and mauve.

Walls were treated as tripartite frieze in the center field and frieze or a cornice with wallpaper or fabric used mainly times. Wallpapers were modeled in the fruit, floral and geometric motifs, the best known were created by William Morris. In this duality instead of Victorian decorative objects has to be mentioned. First Instead, once they were at mass, machine-made and cheap, quality is often poor, and the others were designed and executed by the artist identified with art and movement Crafts such as William Morris, Philip Webb, Christopher Dresser and Charles Rennie Mackintosh, whose works are examples of craftsmanship and ultimately stand apart from is great Victorian Home. The ceilings are decorated with moldings made of papier mache, designed in the rococo style scroll or traditional garlands, for example. Other materials characteristic of this period were textiles and fabrics, used as window treatments, upholstery, carpets and furniture. Also is richly patterned in a similar way as wall papers.

Windows Most spectacular were fantastic treatments fringed velvet drapes and trimmer, apricots, cotton muslin or calico, with tiebacks. Depending on the location of the apartments were designed with geometry and flowery tiles or marble in hallways or hardwood and covered with oriental rugs and carpets in the rooms, also finalists in the stairs and narrow passageways used. Skirting were 30 cm high and 4 inches thick. Very important aspects of Victorian decoration were metal and stained glass as a symbol and reflection of the industrial and technological advances. Casted iron was used as bed frames, lamps shaped, fireplace equipment, doorknobs or handles. Stained glass, for example, was used as windows or doors glass, part of chandeliers, table lamps or simply other decorative objects. Unlike the previous era, the chimneys of the Victorian era was, very often, several fuel iron home or were simply replaced by carved ornate iron stoves.

Feature Victoria's room was a multitude of furniture in different materials and style. Some of them were made of mahogany shape, heavy ornaments as in the Renaissance, the others were made of curved pieces of wood such as Thonet chairs, or light woven wicker and other flexible materials, cast iron also was used for furniture frames and shapes. He had called double upholstered seats "Tete a tete" plump armchairs, back balloons, bean bags and ottomans adorned with lace, bows, ribbons and ruffles with a heap of embroidered cushions. Other elements of each space are the lamps, pendants, and chandeliers, tables, floors or cones. Made of iron, copper or bronze glass or fiber screens. First, are oil lamps, the gas coming and finally power after 1889, when the first light bulb invented by Edison. In the U.S., where the Victorian style was common and the most distinguished example of Victorian style gear Tiffany lamps are stained glass patterns of colors. Other groups of objects, which were an indispensable part of every area of Victoria, were pictures, mirrors, ceramics, clocks, dolls, especially porcelain dolls, jewelry, collectibles such as plates, bowls and others. The pictures were often painted oil, represented botanical, children, nature scenes or portraits of ancestors, family pictures and antique mirrors were framed with wood, gold decorated and painted rich. Popular collections have been created directly on the wall, on shelves or in special display cases of old fashion plates made of glass or vase porcelain and dolls. Blankets were good place to display various trinkets, candlesticks, porcelain animals, dried flowers or clocks mantel, which were grandparents as popular as free standing or wall. Different types of tables were covered countless embroidered floor mats. Although Victorian style was not sublime, the most cases, dark furniture in space gives the impression of nostalgia and compose, on the other side of this style that reflects the freedom and lack of pretensions people living in the 19th century in England, aware of the age in which they lived.

Although the Victorian era ended more than one hundred years ago, elements of this style are still existing and current constantly eclecticism in art as a trend.

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Christopher Adach

artist claudia esposito bernasconi