{"product_id":"the-street-of-wonderful-possibilities-isbn-9780711274525","title":"The Street of Wonderful Possibilities","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis fascinating, absorbing, and beautifully illustrated work tells the story of one small London street which played host to some of the greatest artistic and intellectual minds of the Victorian era.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuiet and unassuming on first glance, Tite Street in Chelsea, West London was nevertheless one of the \u003cb\u003emost influential and important streets\u003c\/b\u003e in the cultural life of the capital during the 19th and 20th centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlaying host to the likes of \u003cb\u003eOscar Wilde,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Singer Sargent, James Whistler and Radclyffe Hall, \u003c\/b\u003ethe rich cultural history of this street is explored in characterful and captivating detail by acclaimed art historian Devon Cox. This brilliant and lively biography \u003cb\u003egets inside the lives of those who lived here\u003c\/b\u003e, creating a vivid image of one small street which became the \u003cb\u003ebeating heart of London’s artistic life\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThroughout its turbulent existence, Tite Street mirrored the world around it. From the\u003cb\u003e Aesthetic movement \u003c\/b\u003eand its challenge to Victorian values, through the Edwardian\u003cb\u003e struggle for women’s suffrage\u003c\/b\u003e, to the \u003cb\u003ebombs of the Blitz in the 1940s\u003c\/b\u003e, it remained home to innumerable \u003cb\u003eartists and writers, socialites and suffragettes, musicians and madmen.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith \u003cb\u003ebeautiful and insightful writing\u003c\/b\u003e, Cox paints a vibrant picture of a street where \u003cb\u003eartists and intellectuals flocked\u003c\/b\u003e, exploring the connections, rivalries and competing artistic visions of the great minds who lived and thrived here.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Street of Wonderful Possibilities\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ereveals this complex history,\u003c\/b\u003e tying together private and professional lives to form a colourful tapestry of art and intrigue, illuminating their relationships to each other, to Tite Street and to a rapidly modernising London at the \u003ci\u003efin de siècle\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aurum","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44891950252261,"sku":"NP9780711274525","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/O_934a563f-f708-4705-a997-7e9c930cb955.jpg?v=1773106868","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-street-of-wonderful-possibilities-isbn-9780711274525","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}