--- product_id: 238109509 title: "The Bloomsbury Look Hardcover – October 20, 2020" brand: "wendy hitchmough" price: "413.62 DT" currency: TND in_stock: true reviews_count: 5 url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/238109509-the-bloomsbury-look-hardcover-october-20-2020 store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # The Bloomsbury Look Hardcover – October 20, 2020 **Brand:** wendy hitchmough **Price:** 413.62 DT **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Bloomsbury Look Hardcover – October 20, 2020 by wendy hitchmough - **How much does it cost?** 413.62 DT with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/238109509-the-bloomsbury-look-hardcover-october-20-2020) ## Best For - wendy hitchmough enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted wendy hitchmough brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![The Bloomsbury Look Hardcover – October 20, 2020 - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/717Nz8tamzL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A must-have for Bloomsbury lovers *by L***L on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 16, 2021* Well produced, extremely interesting text with lots of new information and photographs ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Bloomsbury Look. *by J***D on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 5, 2020* I must admit to having a very jaundiced viewpoint when it comes to the Bloomsbury set; having read a number of books on the group (Frances Spalding's biographies of Roger Fry and Vanessa Bell among them) I developed a dislike of their cliquish, elitist manner – most especially Roger Fry and his side-kick Clive Bell, who promoted their own coterie, a certain type of French painting and wilfully ignored any modern art not made in their own sphere of influence or adhering to their own ideas of “taste”.But you needn't take my word for it; many artists - including John Piper - considered Fry`s critical trashing of great swathes of English art and the failure to look beyond their own horizons to be very damaging to the artistic development of British art and perceptions of it. And I can't resist quoting the novelist and historian Andrew Sinclair who said of them "rarely in the field of human endeavour has so much been written about so few who achieved so little".The London-centric viewpoint didn't start with Bloomsbury, but art commentary still suffers from the model set by Bloomsbury attitudes.This book takes a rather more specific angle on Bloomsbury – that of their influence on fashion; the book is in four main chapters and largely looks at the group's self-identity through their own attitudes to dress (and undress); there's a largely self-referential chapter on family photography – how it revealed individual style and how they saw themselves and each other – this leads onto the projection of that style through paintings, then the textile and dress designs, jewellery etc., and the bohemian, avant garde productions of the Omega Workshops.I have no doubt their example had an effect on the well-off followers of fashion in London and the Home Counties who had the money to indulge themselves; Omega stuff was generally expensive and exclusive, catering to a clientèle who could afford to commission clothes, but most of the country wouldn't (and didn't) take much interest in their aesthetics.It's a nicely illustrated book with colour plates of paintings, designs, clothing and with many hitherto unpublished sepia and black and white photos; I expect those who are enthusiastic about the group will be pleased at yet another volume to add to the library; while I have respect for some individual artists and writers who were part of it, I don't buy into the idea of their having a “pivotal role within twentieth-century modernism” as the blurb on the back states - in literature, yes - but not in visual arts.This may seem like “Bloomsbury bashing”, but I do consider their influence to be inflated.If Bloomsbury is your thing, of course, you will beg to differ; this is a nice enough study to leaf through and it does add to the already extensive bibliography on the group, but I couldn't really get excited about it; my personal rating is 3 stars, but it's well-written and presented so I'll up that to 4. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ sometimes a haircut is not just a haircut. *by S***Y on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 18, 2020* Halfway through this interesting book Virgina Woolf has her hair shingled by Bobo Mayor, and writes to her girlfriend Vita Sackville West to tell her. The provocative, innuendo filled letter tells you everything you need to know about the relationships between these women, and how very important the LOOK of things was to them. The Bloomsbury set were a group of writers, philosophers, poets and artists in the early 20th Century including Virginia Woolf, E. M. Forster and the rather nasty Clive Bell. This book is about the appearance of their clothes,hair homes and art. Its not a coffee table book, it is a clever historical analysis of a very individual group during rapidly changing times. I don't think I like any of them, but they are interesting. 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