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fin de siècle
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fin de siècle

The art and literature of the 1890s; decadent.



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It was designed by Wilson Eyre in 1904, for starters; it stretches over seven Southampton acres; it's on Quantuck Bay ("in the legendary yachting community of Quiogue"); its lighting was designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany; and its architecture typifies the turn-of-the-century Arts and Crafts Movement.
However, Banney Royd is a turn-of-the-century estate close to the town centre and the M62 and only 30 minutes from Leeds and Manchester and their international airports.
Walther's collection focuses on the diversity of self-conscious creative art as photography evolved from turn-of-the-century Pictorialism to the bold modernism works and experimental photography--his European experimental photograph of the '20s and '30s being the collection's greatest strength.
 
 
 
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