Victorian Era. Noelle Huang Contents INTRODUCTION:Queen Victoria SOCIETY CONDITION Social Behaviour Views on Different Classes and Races Gender Expectation Literature Reglious View Working Condition Crime Dress Decor LIFE Scientific Discovery Leisure Transportation Trends Architecture Unique custume TECHNOLOGY Health/Medcine Food Events STYLE Queen Victoria The Victorian Era could be broken down into two phases: early era(1837~1860) and Mid-to-late era (1860~1901). In the early
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Pictorialism in the Victorian Era; The Works of Julia Margaret Cameron and Madame Yevonde A Personal Research Project Looking at Two Female Photographers of the Victorian Era and Their Styles of Photography Contents Introduction………………………………....................................................................3 Chapter 1 - Pictorialism……………………………….................................................4 Chapter 2 - Julia Margaret Cameron………………………………...................
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descriptions‚ it was specific to women and attributed to “traveling womb”. In Victorian era female purity was strongly emphasized and the society supported the idea of ideal woman being a wife‚ a mother‚ and a keeper of the house. As guardians of the home women were believed to be more dependent‚ gentle and emotional by nature. These perceptions also lead to the belief that women were more susceptible to illness‚ both physical and mental‚ which made it common for women to be diagnosed with hysteria
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The Victorian Woman and Feminism The image most of us have of the Victorian woman is home loving and devoted to family; one dressed in the finest fabrics encumbered under half a dozen crinolines and laced tightly in a corset. She is sympathetic‚ unselfish and sacrifices herself daily to be her husband’s best friend and companion‚ never his "competitor"‚ mindful and striving for the same goals as her husband. It is her job to take care of the children and run the household maintaining it as a tranquil
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The Victorian era which lasted during the reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1901‚ established the foundations of many social‚ cultural and moral ideologies in which many are present to this day. Everywhere you look you can almost always see something Victorian-inspired from floral patterned curtains to elegantly hand crafted candlesticks. When visualizing ‘The Victorian Era’ lavish balls‚ lace covered dresses‚ tea parties and fancy lifestyles come to mind. However‚ the Victorian era is much more
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English 2323 25 July 2011 Religion of the Victorian Era: Faith in Crisis “It was the best of times‚ it was the worst of times‚ it was the age of wisdom‚ it was the age of foolishness … it was the spring of hope‚ it was the winter of despair.”(Charles Dickens‚ A Tale of Two Cities) The Victorians had a society comparable to ours with an explosion of ideas and innovation. Today our American society is famous for being a “melting pot.” Each individual has a different background where they
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Hosting in the Victorian Era Hosting was very popular in the Victorian Era . It was a huge privilege to host a tea party. It showed how organized you were and if you were a good wife and mother. You have to have everything in line and have everyone enjoying themselves. Hosting a tea party will be a good way to bring up history. You will become engrossed in the comfort with face-to-face conversation. With today’s media‚ tea parties seem unnecessary and silly. When people imagine tea-parties‚ they
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Aspects on the Victorian Society Bram Stoker ’s Dracula‚ presents an interesting perspective on death and illness in the Victorian period. This can be viewed as a creativity on Stoker ’s part‚ or as a form of religious or social commentary on his changing era. There are several flaws presented throughout the novel as the plot unfolds‚ which are: characters in the novel dismiss the old traditional belief of the supernatural‚ the constant power struggle between the sexes and the Victorian views on sexuality
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five children in her family. George Eliot‚ actually‚ was the masculine pen name of the writer Mary Anne Evans‚ one of Victorian England’s influential novelists. She changed her name 1819-1880 because writing by women’s name‚ especially which was of a vague nature‚ was not accepted in the Victorian society in which she lived. Eliot herself lived a controversial and unconventional life: she has been the subject of much
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the Victorian Era The Victorian Era was full of many artistic movements some being realism‚ impressionism‚ and post-impressionism. In these times the art world flourished and changed greatly. Before the impressionist there were many restrictions to what art had to be what it looked like and the colors that needed to be used and the subject. During the Victorian era the Catholic Church was in rule of most everything that including art this is why most of the art during this
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