{"product_id":"the-performance-of-art-whistler-wilde-and-the-ten-o-clock-lecture-9781915401229","title":"The Performance of Art: Whistler, Wilde, and the Ten O Clock Lecture","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Linda Merrill\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Ad Ilissvm\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Ad Ilissvm\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: American - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA close analysis of the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eTen O\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eClock\" lecture in which Whistler\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e declared an end to the public\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003es participation in art. Also reveals the role played by Oscar Wilde.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn 20 February 1885, James McNeill Whistler delivered his celebrated \u003ci\u003e\"Ten O'Clock\"\u003c\/i\u003e in Piccadilly, opposite the Royal Academy. More than a lecture, it was a witty, provocative monologue attacking conventional taste and asserting art's independence from public opinion. Fashionable London society attended, including Oscar Wilde, whose own speaking tours partly inspired Whistler to take the stage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe event was hailed as a triumph and repeated in Oxford, Cambridge and other venues. Whistler even considered an American tour, combining the talk with an exhibition to strengthen his reputation as a professional artist - distinguishing himself from Wilde's perceived dilettantism - but instead focused on publishing the text, enlisting Symbolist poet St�phane Mallarm� for its French translation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Performance of Art\u003c\/i\u003e reassesses this episode, examining why Whistler sought the podium, the cultural context of his polemic and Wilde's role. Through close analysis, it argues that \u003ci\u003e\"Ten O'Clock\"\u003c\/i\u003e stands as a work of art in itself, illuminating Whistler's aesthetic philosophy while anticipating the widening divide between fine art and popular culture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ad Ilissvm","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47889463672983,"sku":"9781915401229","price":3699.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781915401229.webp?v=1781176544","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-performance-of-art-whistler-wilde-and-the-ten-o-clock-lecture-9781915401229","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}