1. Victorianism MA 2 Icons and Images

2. Contradictory notions of Victorianism I a time of prosperity, stability, and power — a time of change and disturbance, an age of transition, even in their own concept blindly complacent age — torn by doubts, spiritually bewildered, lost in a troubled universe crassly materialist — excessively religious absorbed in the present — idealistic, nostalgic for the past conformity — individualism worshippers of authority — iconoclasts hard-boiled proponents of free enterprise — sentimental humanitarians insular prejudice — imperialistic design

3. Contradictory notions of Victorianism II sexually inhibited — large families, overdeveloped erotic sensibilities prudery and the sanctity of the home — a major social issue: prostitution hypocrisy — ingenuousness purposeful, didactic, propagandistic literature — romantic, aesthetic, escapist art religious revivals — ardent rationalist and analytic thinkers and scientists world fatigue, paralysis of doubts, scepticism — emotional energy self-consciousness, a disease of modern life — desire for cultural synthesis, desire for an established social morality, a remote harmony that can unify diverse themes into a meaningful perspective

4. Titles 24 May 1819 – 20 June 1837: Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandrina Victoria of Kent 20 June 1837 – 22 January 1901: Her Majesty The Queen 1 May 1876 – 22 January 1901: Her Imperial Majesty The Queen-Empress