Victorian era
Queen victoria ascended the throne in 1837 (when she was 18 years old) and ruled England until her death in 190 1 year. She is the longest-serving monarch in British history. The latest period of her rule in England is called the Victorian era. This is the most glorious period in British history.
The Victorian era is considered to be the peak of the British industrial revolution and the heyday of the British empire's economy and culture.
The Victorian period is famous for advocating moral cultivation and modesty, and it is also a prosperous period of great development of science, culture and industry. The development of printing promoted the unprecedented prosperity of literature and art, and also formed the progressive concept of gender equality and racial equality in this period. The American abolitionist movement is the embodiment of this kind of ideological progress.
The wave of scientific inventions surged in the Victorian era. Victorian people believed in scientific progress and were full of optimism and confidence in the industrial revolution. The appearance of steamboats has brought unprecedented prosperity to transportation and trade, and railway traffic extending in all directions runs through east, west, north and south.
The Victorian literary and artistic movements include classicism, neoclassicism, romanticism, impressionism and post-impressionism. The art world presents a spectacular scene of stars shining.
Many great writers, poets and their masterpieces emerged in the Victorian era, such as charlotte bronte (Jane Eyre), a British woman writer, and Charles Dickens (Oliver Twist), a famous realistic novelist.
At that time, there were many buildings representing the styles of various periods. During this period, the architecture of the western world reappeared the classical styles of previous times in a concise form, such as Greek style, Gothic architectural style, Renaissance style and so on.
At that time, the middle and upper classes were very particular about diet. They import all kinds of exotic spices from distant countries and use them in carefully cooked food. In the Victorian era, there was the earliest cooking school in history, and cookbooks written by famous chefs were very popular in Britain. In this era, people first wrote down the specific cooking methods such as the amount of seasoning in detail. Some kitchen gadgets are also very popular, such as can openers, and many dining manners were formed in the Victorian era.
During this period, afternoon tea prevailed in England, and the nobles had rich breakfast, simple lunch and late dinner. It is said that Duchess Anna, Queen Victoria's waitress, feels very hungry every afternoon, so she asks her servants to bring some snacks. Many people have followed suit, and afternoon tea has gradually become a routine ceremony. In fact, a colorful tea culture has been formed around this afternoon tea custom. Elegant hotels began to set up tea rooms, and there were also teahouses open to the public on the street. Tea party became a social form, where Victorian ladies and gentlemen met their boyfriends.
This fascinating era did not end with the death of Queen Victoria. Many historians believe that the so-called "Victorian era" really ended after the end of the First World War. What impressed us in China was that the Opium War broke out between China and Britain in 1840. China gradually stepped into the semi-colonial abyss. Britain was in Victorian times.
Whether the Victorian era (1839- 190 1) was the heyday of British overseas expansion is left to historians to discuss. People who watch Cultural Square on Saturday are probably interested to know that the steam engine was produced at this time. The World Expo (also known as the World Expo) came into being during this period. Afternoon tea was produced in this period; Victorian furniture such as "Beauty Depends" was produced in this period; Dickens' novels came into being in this period ... why Britain? This question should probably be left to scholars who can answer why America is today. Let's continue Saturday. If you don't mind, by the way, Said studied Dickens' Great Expectations in his book Culture and Imperialism, saying that the hero in it has a rich background of British colonial expansion. Mansfield manor in Austin has the idea of emperors. Mrs Gaskell's novels are also imperial. You may no longer be interested in exploration. Well, let me tell you that Victorian printed cards are very popular with collectors! Victorian women's clothes are still beautiful and fashionable! By the way, although the word "fashion" has a French flavor, the beautiful name "Victoria" is immediately tied to fashion and even takes advantage of it. Although the current American consumer culture is the ultimate, if traced back to the source, at least the British cultural circle began in Victorian Britain. For a long time, British historians studying the Victorian era have always regarded the income and consumption patterns of the middle class at that time as a discipline. As it happens, Marx wrote Das Kapital during the Victorian period. Without the observation of contemporary economic life, it is impossible to produce such a masterpiece only by thinking and reading in the British Museum.
The Victorian era is an era of art, and the "Pre-Raphael School" was born in this period ... I'd better leave elegant art to art historians. Here are just some illustrations for everyone to enjoy. Fortunately, I have both old and new books about the Victorian era. I collect these books because they have exquisite illustrations, because the Victorian era reminds me a lot, and because the portraits of Queen Victoria when she was young were beautiful.
British essayist J.B.Priestley said, "It is not easy to write about Victoria's heyday." However, his old man's house has really finished writing a book entitled "Victoria's heyday" (Victoria's she? I rarely keep English books published in recent decades, but I have this big book with a red cover, because I like Platts' essays and the beautiful and bright illustrations in London. As for the book about the life of Queen Victoria, I remember that I have a biography of Queen Victoria written by Lyndon Tracy, but I can't find it without classifying the book. Instead, I found a 19 12 edition of Early Court Life of Queen Victoria by Claire jerrold. The author claims to write about the youth of "real people" and "natural people". My favorite reading is "Early Victorian England" published by Oxford University 1934. The editor-in-chief of this book is G.M. Yang. Yang Bian has shown the position of social customs in historical materials. Many of the pictures I provided this time are from this book.
The Victorian era in Britain was an era of prosperity in scientific and industrial inventions, as well as in literature and art. The Victorian era is a big topic, and the newspaper space is not suitable for discussion. I just want to show some pictures of Britain at that time, so that readers who study classic English can have a general understanding of the background of British culture.
The Victorian era is an era of art, and the "Pre-Raphael School" was born in this period ... I'd better leave elegant art to art historians. Here are just some illustrations for everyone to enjoy. Fortunately, I have both old and new books about the Victorian era. I collect these books because they have exquisite illustrations, because the Victorian era reminds me a lot, and because the portraits of Queen Victoria when she was young were beautiful.
Time for Prayer was written by lyrical painter CHARLESWEST in 1854. This painting shows the Victorian ideal of home, with a strong religious color. West is good at painting decorative paintings, and the most common subjects are mothers and children. Other representative works include Good Deeds, which depicts a girl holding her father up the church steps. The heartbeat depicts the expression of a young woman waiting for the postman.
The ideal model of young women in Victorian era-beautiful and dignified. I like embroidery, but it's romantic. This painting was painted by Sir Grant, Dean of the Royal College of England, for his daughter in 1850. Soon after the painting was finished, the girl died.