Victorians At Home and Abroad (Victoria and Albert Museum Studies)

The Victorian era, all too often fossilized in history books and novels, was in fact a period of revolutionary social changes. The Victorians inhabited a world of bewildering contrasts where a Gothic vision mingled with exoticism, prim domesticity with the allure of world travel, religious piety with material wealth. Victorians at Home and Abroad is a lively visual chronicle of this remarkable era.This succinct, affordable volume complements the larger exhibition book, The Victorian Vision, offering new insights into the lifestyles, pastimes, and creative pursuits of the first generation of Westerners to fully embrace the modern world. From science and industry to fine art and sports, all the touchstones of the Victorian world view, in both their smallest and grandest forms, come to life in the diverse imagery and informative texts of this attractive volume.Paul Atterbury is the author of 'Victorians At Home and Abroad (Victoria and Albert Museum Studies)', published 2001 under ISBN 9780810965737 and ISBN 0810965739.