Well, not really. The definition is "fear of empty space." While Mario Praz may have meant it in a derogatory sense when he used it to describe Victorian interiors, the phrase in itself is not making an aesthetic judgement. And I've actually come to appreciate the chaos of the more extreme Victorian examples. Another Mario, Mario Buatta, makes a good living as the Prince of Chintz:
<https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9chPCYGVNMY/WrxC0jVY0DI/AAAAAAAALwQ/gvjnf0vn4PoyKfplIyz8vLnEfPfFOAQ_ACLcBGAs/s1600/dam-images-decor-2013-10-mario-buatta-toc-mario-buatta-01-new-york-penthouse-living-room.jpg> And to be fair, the examples you mention are artistic creations, not interiors. For an artistic interpretation of Victorianeque interiors, you can't beat Edouard Vuillard: <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lrn8PUOdqhw/WrxDLEYDsiI/AAAAAAAALwU/HP26YE4ukhIgKKJVULyLr1iWoQB2LSikwCLcBGAs/s1600/breakfast-at-villerville.jpg%2521Large.jpg> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-AGj-3EPZMNE/WrxDM7q--1I/AAAAAAAALwY/PNTOWOvw9Kw9nCFrv3_T03WjhV73PjfugCLcBGAs/s1600/interior-1.jpg> On Wednesday, March 28, 2018 at 11:02:48 AM UTC-4, Patrick Moore wrote: > > Glancing at the Wiki article: the author is completely wrong when > comparing Victorian clutter, which is truly bizarre, weird, and > head-hurting (recall a truly nauseating exhibit of mid-Victoriana at an > Atlanta museum 3 decades ago) and book of Kells or Islamic arabesques; > completely and totally different in intent and effect. Just for the record, > and not pointing fingers. But the distinction is important. > > Victorian decor is truly *horror vacui.* > > Back to our regular programming. > > > *The term is associated with the Italian art critic and scholar Mario Praz > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Praz>, who used it to describe the > suffocating atmosphere and clutter of interior design in the Victorian age > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_age>.[2] > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horror_vacui#cite_note-Lidwell-Holden-2> > Older, > and more artistically esteemed examples can be seen on Migration period art > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Migration_period_art> objects like > the carpet pages <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpet_page> of Insular > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insular_art> illuminated manuscripts such as > the Book of Kells <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Kells>. This > feeling of meticulously filling empty spaces also permeates Arabesque > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabesque_(Islamic_art)> Islamic art from > ancient times to the present. Another example comes from ancient Greece > during the Geometric Age > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geometric_Art> (1100 - 900 BCE), when horror > vacui was considered a stylistic element of all art. The mature work of the > French Renaissance engraver Jean Duvet > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Duvet> consistently exhibits horror > vacui.* > > > > > On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 8:55 AM, EasyRider <peter...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> This horror? >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horror_vacui >> >> On Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at 6:02:53 PM UTC-4, Reid Ewing wrote: >>> >>> With the rear wheel spacing seen in Grant's photo, looks like the Riv >>> traditional wine cork fender spacer is not going to work. Horrors! What >>> will we do? >>> >>> Reid >>> >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. > By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. > Other professional writing services. > http://www.resumespecialties.com/ > www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, New Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique > ************************************************************************** > ************** > *Auditis an me ludit amabilis insania?* > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
