1. By Eric Zeng, Mattias Tung, Jeffrey Cheng, and Shashank Murching
Bloomsbury Group
By Eric Zeng, Mattias Tung, Jeffrey Cheng, and Shashank Murching

2. Bloomsbury Group A loose group of members that met in central London
Associated with many people talented in the arts
They met to discuss a wide range of topics, but mostly left politics out.
Supported gay rights, the role of women in the arts, and other unorthodox ideas during the time period.
Discussed Aesthetic and philosophical questions from an agnostic perspective.
Was strongly influenced by G.E. Moore’s Principia Ethica.
The members’ works influenced Modern literature and views on feminism and sexuality.
They emphasized close, personal relationships and pleasure/enjoyment.

3. Principia Ethica Written by G.E. Moore, a British Philosopher in 1903.
Regarded as the founding document or bible of the Bloomsbury Group
Ethical book arguing that people were good by nature
Focused on philosophy and ethics
Very TOK-ish. Moore included things like fallacies and judgements.

4. Members Initially started with 10 members, but grew over time:
Virginia Woolf (Writer)
Leonard Woolf (Writer, political theorist)
John Maynard Keynes (economist)
Lytton Strachey (Writer and critic)
Clive Bell (Art critic)
E.M. Forster (Writer)
Roger Fry (Painter and critic)
Vanessa Bell (Painter and interior designer)
Duncan Grant (Painter and designer)
Desmond McCarthy (literary critic and writer)
There were complicated relationships and affairs among the members.

6. Influence of the Group Challenged standards of the time:
Heterosexual relationships
Bourgeois ideals
Lives focused on aestheticism
Roger Fry helped expose England to the post-Impressionist movement in Europe.
Virginia Woolf gained attention for her involvement in the suffrage movement.

7. Influence of the Group Continued...
Contribution to British Art
Fry, Bell, Grant- First pure abstract art
A group as a whole supported young artists.
London artist association- Maynard Keynes

8. Lytton Strachey and Virginia Woolf

9. Works Cited
Slides:
2: "The Bloomsbury Group." - Literature Periods & Movements. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Jan
3: "The Bloomsbury Group." - Literature Periods & Movements. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Jan
4: "Virginia Woolf." World History: The Modern Era. ABC-CLIO, Web. 28 Jan
6: "Bloomsbury Group | English Artists Circle." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, n.d. Web. 29 Jan
7: "Archive Journeys: Bloomsbury Group, Influence and Achievements | Tate."Archive Journeys: Bloomsbury Group, Influence and Achievements | Tate. Random House Group, n.d. Web. 29 Jan